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...then King and which excavated near Kabul what has become known as the treasure of Begram. Among its finds was a trunk covered in carved ivory. Photos of it in the Guimet Museum show reliefs of naked, large-breasted women. Their beauty must have blurred the aim of the Taliban soldiers who smashed the trunk when they emptied the Kabul museum because they left several fine fragments of ivory intact. These were rescued in 1997, deposited in the Guimet, and are now part of this exhibition...
...shows that despite a millenary history of conflict and conquest, Afghanistan has also been a font of creativity, a home to artists and artisans whose aim in life was to make beautiful things, not destroy them...
...When she took office four months ago, President Megawati vowed that eradicating corruption would be a key aim of her government. Failure to follow through could further hurt the country's credibility with foreign investors, who are essential for economic survival. Given her somnolent record to date, there are fears that Megawati will treat this case the same way Tommy dealt with his arrest: keeping her eyes shut and pretending to be asleep...
...recruited men for 15,000 rupees ($250 a month), and outfitted them with weapons and at least 40 kilos of hashish, according to this associate. As one tribal chieftain Sardar Galani Khan Ashazai says, "These men are drug smokers. They're only fighting for U.S. dollars. They have no aim...
...bunny made out of excrement reveals that eating is just part of the digestive process. Ironically, after 30 years of decomposition, the chocolate lion is more revolting than the bunny. Roth is poking fun at the heroism and self-aggrandizement that is often associated with sculpture. Beuys does not aim at permanence with his sculptures, but by attempting to defy time they succeed in accepting it and even reveling in it. Like human beings, his works fester and rot. Roth has no interest in being the glorious artist whose work is completed with the final stroke of the chisel...