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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exhibition in New York, which was coordinated by Maya Scholar Charles Gallenkamp, features objects of ineffable fragility and beauty. These include six polychrome ceramic bowls excavated over the past five years at Tikal, the largest of all the known ancient Maya cities. Found in tombs at a site dubbed Mundo Perdido in the Peten jungle of Guatemala, these funerary vessels depict the underworld gods and beasts that haunted the Mayas. One bowl rests on a turtle swimming in a painted, stylized underground sea. Rising from the lid is the symbol of resurrection, a long-beaked water bird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Treasures From the Jungle | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

America wanted the Army's crack Delta Force to kick the door in--to turn Beirut into an Entebbe-style victory for the whole nation. Seeing the blood-smeared bodies of the terrorists on the nightly news would have given us a nationwide jolt of exaltation. Imagine post Super Bowl euphoria in every city in the country, complete with chants of "Born in the U.S.A., bud" and high-fives in the streets...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: No Heroics | 7/9/1985 | See Source »

...adds that state liquor purchasing cards are available at all offices of the State Registry. However, 20-year-old visitors to the Boston area will have to shell out $5 for the privilege of sampling the Kong's finest Scorpion bowl, according to officials in the Registry Office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Old Grand Dad | 6/23/1985 | See Source »

...Winthrop House, be became House social chair and added such diversions as jello wrestling to more traditional activities. Once he dressed as Cher for a lip-synching contest. A devout fan of the Washington Redskins. Nadkarni donned a tux and hosted a party during the 1984 Redskins-Raiders Super Bowl...

Author: By Timothy W. Plass, | Title: A Harvard Hinjew | 6/6/1985 | See Source »

...anyone afflicted with a craving for saccharin in a cup of coffee or on a bowl of breakfast cereal, there is good news. The Senate last week moved to permit its continued use by a vote of 94 to 1. Easy approval is expected in the House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Regulation Congress to the Rescue | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

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