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Word: 8th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...core idea is quite simple," said Robert P. Wolff '54, co-director of the Institute for Advanced Study of the Humanities at UMass, Amherst. "The disastrous dropout of Hispanic and Afro-Americans begins in 8th grade, so if you recruit 12th graders, many are lost...

Author: By Terry H. Lanson, | Title: UMass Tracks Minority High School Students | 12/3/1993 | See Source »

Sackler Museum. Through Jan. 23: "Buddhist. Art: The Later Tradition." A survey of Buddhist art from the 8th through the 18th centuries, emphasizing works from China, Korea and Japan but also including ones from Nepal and Tibet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard Daily Entertainment & Events | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

That said, it is obvious to the viewer why "Rashomon" is considered a masterpiece. The film's plot is extraordinarily simple. The frame narrative of the film, set in the 8th century, takes place at the Rashomon, the great gate of the imperial city of Kyoto, which lies in ruins. A woodcutter, a Buddhist priest and a traveler have gathered at the gate to seek shelter from torrential rain, and to pass the time they discuss a trial of a crime that took place some days before. A samurai and his wife were traveling through the woods. They were assaulted...

Author: By Joel Villasenor-ruiz, | Title: `Rashomon' Is Truly Classic, Even If Truth Is Unknowable | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...into limestone terraces that show off, among other things, the heroic statues of Pierre Puget and a pair of rearing horses carved in Carrara marble by Guillaume Coustou for Louis XIV. The third courtyard, designed by American architect Stephen Rustow, evokes the palace of the Assyrian King Sargon II (8th century B.C.) at Khorsabad and features two 13-ft.-high winged bulls with human heads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pei's Palace of Art | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

Sackler Museum. Through Jan. 23: "Buddhist Art: The Later Tradition." A survey of Buddhist art from the 8th through the 18th centuries, emphasizing works from China, Korea and Japan but also including ones from Nepal and Tibet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard Daily Entertainment & Events | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

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