Word: anciently
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...current exhibition of ancient Buddha statues and sculptures includes imitations made by the staff, says Nguyen Xuan Tiep, who has worked at the museum for the past 28 years and is a former deputy director there. The museum, a private collector, and the artist himself all own an "original" of New Year's Eve on Ho Guom Lakeshore, a colorful lacquer painting of crowds out in their finest dress, according to Tiep. Purported originals of Playing the O An Quan, which once hung on the museum's walls, are now in galleries in both Singapore and Japan, according to Nora...
...vocal ensemble, “and we were making a pun.” The program that Camerata Obscura will be presenting on Saturday May 2 at 2:30 at Adolphus Busch Hall, titled “Music of Lament,” showcases music’s ancient past. Camerata Obscura is a small group composed of five singers that come together for Arts First. “We’re small—we’re one to a part,” says de Bakker. “Most choirs on campus there?...
...word influence is derived from an ancient astrological term describing the power of the stars to affect the destiny of human beings. The definition has changed a bit over the centuries, but influence remains a mysterious force and a difficult one to measure. That's part of the reason the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world is so diverse and eclectic. How do you gauge the influence of a molecular biologist vs. that of a politician, weigh the relative impact of a tennis player and a fashion designer or an architect and a minister...
...don’t. But sometimes they mislead.2008 was a disaster for Harvard. The team was picked by Baseball America to win the Ivy League going into the season, but instead it finished dead last in the Rolfe Division while posting the third-worst record (8-12) in the Ancient Eight overall. Injuries were a factor—then-junior slugger Tom Stack-Babich went down early in the year and the pitching staff took a couple of big blows when it lost then-sophomore Eric Eadington after two starts and highly-touted prospect Greg Malley never made...
...course, our traditionally stellar squads will not be threatened regardless of economic conditions, as it is hard to imagine that Ancient Eight institutions like crew or squash could find themselves without a home in Cambridge anytime soon. But how could we devalue those less heralded sports that continue to improve each year...