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As part of her job, my sister regularly supervises graduate theses at Columbia university. On several occasions, she has told me that...

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Isamu Noguchi, The Japanese American artist and Landscape architect created the iconic Akari light sculptures after visiting Gifu City,...

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There are some people you just click with. You have so much in common with them. They often share your point of view. They just get you....