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“[Foreigners] who specialize in Japanese arts and culture make immeasurable contributions in their fields; without their passion and sensibilities, many of the existing Japanese art forms would have long ago become stale or even died out.”
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“Decked out in his broad-brimmed baseball cap, silver necklace and jeans, the young man stands alone on a black stage. With his voice full of emotion, he begins to sing in Japanese….This is Jero, the first African-American enka singer in history.”
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“From behind his shaggy beard, affable British-born Canadian woodblock printmaker David Bull ended our interview at his studio in western Tokyo with what sounded like a challenge….”
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What does the past look like from 200 miles up? A new generation of archaeologists has found that the history of civilization may look far clearer from the top of the atmosphere….
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Flickr photos of the bas-reliefs at the Bayon temple in Angkor Thom (Cambodia)
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“Jayavarman VII (1125 – 1215) was a [Buddhist] king of the Khmer Empire (c.1181-1215) in present day Cambodia.”
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“The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built as … the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman’s capital, Angkor Thom.”
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“Angkor Thom was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by king Jayavarman VII.”
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“AngkorBlog is … about the art and architecture of the Angkor area in Cambodia, including the … temples at Angkor Wat, Banteay Srei, Ta Prohm, Angkor Thom, Bayon, and Preah Khan. It is about the stories, historical and legendary, told by that art.”
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… the death of Tim Russert, one of the few political analysts and observers who publicly demonstrated authentic passion for his work and for the American political system, and from whom we could all learn something about the arts of communication, rhetoric, and conversational negotiation.
… and from Senator Joseph Lieberman, an observation about Russert that, to me, is one of the highest compliments one human being can pay another:
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“If elected president, Senator John McCain would reserve the right to run his own warrantless wiretapping program against Americans, based on the theory that the president’s wartime powers trump federal criminal statutes and court oversight….
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“… Obama and McCain are telling us Americans that our normal lives are not good enoughThey’re wrong…. Every human life counts. Your life counts.”
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“[The] simplest explanation is that world demand is growing briskly and world supply is not as responsive…. If we want low gas prices, we should lower the costs of exploration and refining. If lowering those costs has environmental costs you don’t like.
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