Word: proverbs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...deserving recipients. Eventually, he settles on two very different prot?g?s: a rising young tennis player and a boy prostitute who was the favorite of Caracera's late, outcast gay uncle. As the narrative proceeds, Caracera's good intentions pave a road to precisely the place they inevitably lead in proverb...
...Sometimes you can get through that and be the strength for [others who have suffered hardship], and then other times there's no gauging it. Everybody who's been through it will tell you exactly the same thing. This is not unique to us. There's a great Chinese proverb about a woman who loses her son. She goes to the priest and says, "You have to do something about this. You can't let this be." The priest says, "I can help you. You have to go to a house and get mustard seed, but you have...
According to Japan's spring 2004 Directory of Parliament Officials, Representative Katsuya Okada's personal motto is Tai ki ban sei, a classic Japanese proverb that means "Great talents mature late." But considering that the new president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has rocketed from relative obscurity to what could be the golden era of his political career-all at the comparatively tender age of 52-he may want to revise that motto before the next guide is printed. With the DPJ's strong showing in the recent Upper House parliamentary election, Okada has cemented his position...
...Chinese proverb says that wine should be taken in small doses, knowledge in large ones. Rome's International Wine Academy, overlooking the Spanish Steps, affords an opportunity for both. Italian winemaking has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, and the academy reveals its secrets to students. Comprehensive courses on wines from around the world and food-wine pairing are among the events and seminars offered to people who live in Rome. For visitors, there are half-day intensive courses followed by lunch or dinner; one-day winery tours in Lazio, Umbria or Tuscany; and delightful guided wine tastings every weekday...
...perhaps the application to participate in the trip best captures the spirit of FATAWE, facetiously asking students if they’ve defecated in the woods before and to describe the experience, and crediting Confucius with a proverb such as “FATAWE is a team expedition. There is no “I” in FATAWE...