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...fateful daymeets and beats the Crown Prince in agame of tennis. The Prince falls in lovewith her beautiful spirit, and so beginsthe rest of her life.Japan has the world’s oldest hereditarymonarchy, and Haruko’s life ischoked with thousands of years’ worthof accrued ceremony: the 15 kilogramsof traditional clothing Haruko wears onher wedding day, the seven-day namingprocess for her first son. The monotonyand constriction of it push Haruko intoa nervous breakdown, forcing her toleave the royal palace to convalesce at herchildhood home.At this point, convention tells us, sheshould recover from her mental anguishand...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Commoner' Just Common | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...ship seemed powerless at times toaccomplish basic tasks. Thousands of dollars worthof Hewlett-Packard computers donated to theUniversity sat in their boxes for weeks becauseHASCS staff had no time to install them and noplace to put them...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: 'NET GAINS | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...with an eight-to-seven Republican majority, voted to withold funds from most PBS public affairs shows, accounting for thirty per cent of PBS's programming. William F. Buckley's "Firing Line". was dropped from the schedule, as was "Bill Moyers' Journal, Washington Week in Review" and $85,000 worthof Sander Vanocur. Said Loomis, "We ought to be spending our money on the kinds of programs that would stand up timewise for six months or a year...non-timely offerings." Obviously, programs that stand up "timewise" can't be too compelling issuewise. Said one PBS official, "Their view is that...

Author: By Leonard G. Learner, | Title: Nixon at the Switch | 11/29/1973 | See Source »

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