The Tale of Genji was written shortly after the year 1000 in Japan's Heian era, when the capital was situated at Heian-kyo (present-day Kyoto). Genji, the hero of the Tale, is the son of the emperor...
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Drive down Bill Clinton Boulevard in Pristina, Kosovo’s capital, and you would be hard-pressed to miss the gleaming, 10-foot-tall statue of the former president of the United States waving. It’s an...
GHOST Lo! I am come from out the charnel-house and gates of gloom, where Hades dwells apart from gods, I Polydorus, a son of Hecuba the daughter of Cisseus and of Priam. Now my father, when Phrygia's...

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LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, President Clinton on the State of the Union. What did he say, how well did he say it? From the White House, presidential press secretary Joe Lockhart. Also in Washington,...
What’s the attraction of doing a play in the West End? You get to spend six months living in London, which is a city I love. There’s  so much great stuff to do. It’s kind of like a sister city to New...

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The capital and most valuable virtue of most Conservatives is their conservatism, which often shows as a conservatism of manner, a kind of moderation, an urbane self-assurance that everything will be...
Maria Sittel: Good afternoon. I am Maria Sittel. We are live on air with the special programme A Conversation with Vladimir Putin: Continued. I would like to start by thanking all our viewers and...
DOMINIC CARTER, MODERATOR. Good evening and welcome to the Schimmel Theater at Pace University in Lower Manhattan. Tonights debate is being broadcast on NY1, NY1 Noticias and WNYC-AM 820 radio, New...
JOHN KING, HOST: Good morning from Washington, D.C. A capital city filled, filled with anticipation, and as you can see by looking around, busy with last-minute preparations. Fast approaching, the...
JOHN KING, HOST: Good morning from Washington, D.C. A capital city filled, filled with anticipation, and as you can see by looking around, busy with last-minute preparations. Fast approaching, the...