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...16th birthday, Bayarsakhan was given this guitar by his own father, a renowned singer in Gobi-Altai. Now, almost 15 years later and hundreds of kilometers away from that stark idyll, Bayarsakhan starts to play one of his father's songs. The tune is rough, but the melody sweet. Words flow from memory?about Gobi-Altai and the land, about saddling up your best horse to ride across the valley. When it's over, Bayarsakhan stares at the ground. "I get sad when I play that," he says. "I wish I could take you to my home...
...Basically, today was a tune-up for those who are healthy and need sharpening,” men’s co-captain John Traugott said. “Many of our runners, throwers and jumpers are recovering from nagging injuries and a lot of hard work that has left us worn down...
President Roosevelt will dine to the tune of discordant bells at the annual winter Fly Club dinner Saturday, February 23, the CRIMSON was startled to learn last night. The grinding clangor will not be celebrating his visit to Cambridge, nor yet a favorable gold decision, but will be fulfilling a wish that the unwitting President made in October 1933 when he was gracefully extricating himself from the Lowell House carillon flasco...
...President evidently did not know that it has been impossible to tune the bells. It is doubtful whether he was aware that the College has been unable to find an experienced Russian player, so that dubious but vociferous scales are about the only piece de resistance for would-be Lowell House sleepers Sunday mornings...
Nowak said he first met Epstein four years ago when the two were introduced by Princeton University trustee and former Microsoft Chief Scientific Officer Nathan Myrvolb. Since then, the two have formed a close friendship, and Epstein has frequently funded Nowak’s studies—to the tune of $500,000, according to New York Magazine...