1 | I did it for myself alone; that was the difference. | |
2 | This in itself was an encounter with the past, like retuning to a place that once was familiar but has changed its appearance. | |
3 | This erstwhile schoolmaster had discovered a way of keeping us quiet in the evenings. | |
4 | Judging from what I read online and hear from my students, the question of the "number" is as compelling as ever. | |
5 | Indeed, art and commerce - like locals and tourists, past and present - are forced into close contact on the city' s narrow streets, rubbing one another raw yet leading to fruitful syntheses. |