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Asani, a popular associate professor in the Sanskrit and Indian Studies Department, teaches seven languages and is largely regarded as the backbone of Harvard's program in Indian studies...
...Rodeo is the brainchild of San Francisco developer Douglas Stitzel, a onetime University of California, Berkeley, Sanskrit scholar turned businessman, who is charging his tony tenants top dollar for their new space. Tiffany, Cartier, Sulka, Valentino and other luxury outlets that plan to arrive by November will pay as much as $250,000 a month rent...
...panegyric to the Harvard way of life. He acknowledges the flaws inherent in the university system--students are often isolated from faculty members, established work is often given preference over new, and resources are distributed unevenly between the "academically sexy" disciplines (biology, economics) and drier ones (Sanskrit, Classics). But for the most part, Rosovsky's intention is to show how well the system works overall...
...Philippines, in honor of Philip II of Spain. During the regime of Ferdinand Marcos, there was a campaign to rename the country Maharlika, a native word meaning noble and aristocratic. Plans for the rechristening proceeded apace until an academic pointed out that the word was probably derived from Sanskrit. Fine, its proponents said, Sanskrit is a non- imperialist language. Yes, replied the scholar, but Maharlika was most likely derived from the words maha lingam, meaning "great phallus." That was the end of the campaign...
...possible. If the plane rips in half because the Machinists don't care about quality, passengers who can swim should come to the slide in the front of the airplane. Remaining travellers should read the safety card in the seatback in front of you, conveniently printed in Hieroglyphics and Sanskrit. You should then take a long, deep breath...