A tall, elegant and reserved woman, Syme had a ‘crisp, quick voice’ and a ‘rather abrupt manner’. She died on 6 June 1961 at Richmond and was buried with Presbyterian forms in Brighton cemetery. In her will she left her books and £5000 to University Women’s College. Edith Alsop...
Obviously not content with her lot of living on the cemetary and watching the dead for the rest of her life, shunned by everybody, she flees with Mahito, her secret lover, who is just as outcast from the island’s society as she is. But when Namima gives birth to their child, she ...
The Pillows are one of the Japanese bands who gained popularity because of the anime popularity in Japan. A regular in the series FLCL, they are one of Japan’s more popular rock bands. Their popularity in the United States is starting to increase as well, as they kicked off a tour in ...
In the early-20th century, the Japanese term came to designate comic books, and about mid-century,mangawas borrowed into English in that sense. As we see withanime, the Japanese use the term for comic books in general, while English speakers apply it to the meticulously-drawn Japanese comics...
When Japanese bikes were in high fashion, many companies went out of their way to market bikes under Japanese-associated names, includingLotus,Mikado,Shogun, and probably others. Kabuki was a trade name ofBridgestone(a Japanese company with a non-Japanese name!) ...
Oriskany Class OriskanyCV-345/19449/1950 ReprisalCV-357/1944cancelled AntietamCV-363/19431/1945 Valley Forge, thenPrinceton CV-379/194311/1945 Shangri LaCV-381/19439/1944 Lake Champlain CV-393/19436/1945 TarawaCV-403/19445/1945 Meanwhile, what we see with all the names are a mixture of bat...
into japan starting in the early 9th century. these forms will be examined herein. some of the most important are: █ mahākāla. sanskrit meaning “great time” or “great black.” a “terrible form” of Śiva and alter ego of the benign daikokuten. transliterated 摩诃迦罗. pronounced “...
Major clades (i.e., C–R) are labeled with upper case letters to the left of each clade. Mutation names are given along the branches. The length of each branch is not proportional to the number of mutations or the age of the mutation. Dotted lines indicate internal nodes not defined ...
Starting from 19:00 on Monday at Keio University, this time’s forum welcomes three eminent Japanese experts with firsthand experience in community building in various places in Tohoku: 1. Prof. Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Keio University (Minamisanriku: Community building in temporary housing estates, rural...
In April 2013, the China Institute in New York launched a yearlong celebration, starting with "Dunhuang: Buddhist Art and the Gateway of the Silk Road" with a re-creation of one of the caves and a selection of artifacts from the site. In March 2015, the National Development and Reform ...