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...half-buried nail can pierce the detonating cap of the shotgun shell beneath his foot. The door of a village hut may be rigged to a battery of exploding spikes, the clothes hanging on a peasant's wall may be wired to a grenade, and the Buddha on the family altar is liable to explode. Such tempting war souvenirs as Viet Cong flags are almost sure to give their collectors an unexpected bang...
...strength lies largely in those two fields. But with the new acquisitions, Cleveland now has at least one object that is near the top in every department. They range from a 5th century B.C. Greek lekythos to a 1962 painting by Richard Lindner, an exquisite gilt bronze Standing Buddha to a Berlinghieri Madonna and Child. An extremely rare set of early Christian marbles portraying Jonah and the Good Shepherd makes an illuminating contrast with a hypnotic 15th century panel, St. John the Baptist, by the Maître de Flémalle...
...whose origin and even basic tenets are obscured in mystery. Although some devout Parsis claim that Zoroaster was born about 6000 B.C., most Western scholars agree that he lived and taught in Persia during the 6th century B.C.-an era of religious (lowering that also saw the birth of Buddha and Confucius and the revival of Judaism after its Babylonian exile...
They dragged a Moslem leader from a mosque in Peking and beat him, invaded a lamasery and carried off statues of Buddha. In the seaside resort city of Hangchow, Red Guards invaded Ling Ying Temple and covered a statue of Buddha with pasted-on slogans that read DESTROY THE OLD WORLD! BUILD THE NEW WORLD...
...count from a border policeman whose platoon had supplied the class uniforms and haircuts. On the wall behind the teacher were three objects that symbolized the new presence: a Thai flag, a picture of Thailand's King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit and a picture of the Lord Buddha. The police had even directed the building of a network of bamboo pipes to carry fresh water into every household in the village...