Word: soulfulness
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With a teaspoon of heart, a splash of soul and a cup of aggression, the Harvard women’s water polo team began to find the right mixture this weekend at the Princeton Invitational in New Jersey, although at times the recipe fell short. Similar to play at last week’s Harvard Invitational, the Crimson (3-3) again split its games. The women’s squad dominated both of its day matches against Villanova on Saturday and George Washington yesterday. When the sun set, however, Harvard fell, 10-8, to Ivy rival Princeton Saturday night...
...factual. But it is the character of Okura, a Japanese officer steeped in samurai values, that gives the novel real soul. Alisjahbana hits a rich seam of tragedy in Okura's battle to reconcile defeat with honor. Only by rejecting the samurai tradition of seppuku, or ritual suicide, can Okura see a future in his shattered country. Dearest to Alisjahbana's heart, of course, is Indonesia's independence, declared in the language he codified. But his depiction of Okura - as a metaphor for Japan's rebirth in a new, humanist world - is evidence of a magnanimous and rare sensibility among...
...Farrell's characters survive in spirit, too. Misfits like Webb still wander into Singapore, and though firms like Blackett's have ceded to local conglomerates, his penchant for order and profit can still be witnessed within today's business élite. With his gentle wit Farrell captures the soul of Singapore: a polyglot Asian port, still partly under the sleepy sway of its British colonial past, and still lurching toward an uncertain future with a furious, irresistible energy...
...sexuality were taboo topics in Western culture?MBK: Essentially, it has to do with the fact that sex has become the core of the self and making people self conscious about the core of themselves is a means of control. There was a time in history where the soul was the core of the self, and taboos around religious issues were just as touchy as issues of sex are for us. 4. FM: Do you still think these topics are taboo in America? In American universities? MBK: No, not really. However, I would say that at most American universities, there...
...very fortunate and privileged to be able to make a very nice living... But at the end of the day, people have to do different things: Your heart and soul will also have to be fed." - on why he left investment banking to go work for the USW, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January...