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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...plan itself is straightforward enough. To build CGIS according to current plans, the University would demolish two existing Harvard buildings and erect new terra cotta and glass structures in their places. A tunnel would cut across Cambridge St. to connect the buildings’ basements...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tunnel Proposal Faces Its Final Hurdle | 2/5/2002 | See Source »

...skull or flying above ground upside down in a full split, that hardly does him justice. Even when he holds still (which isn't often), the 37-year-old Shaolin Temple fighting monk manages to look more mythical than mortal. He's got the face of a Xian terra-cotta warrior?acrobatically piked eyebrows, rampart-like cheekbones?and the kind of body that helps explain why kung fu is called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kicking the Habit | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...room complete with mosaic floor, velvet upholstery, and grand fountain and immediately thought, “this is where I would want to have a party.” Ever since that cathartic moment, Michael has been busy planning and his continuously revised lion-head-terra-cotta dream ultimately gave rise to his present day abode...

Author: By A.j. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Slow Times in Cabot-I | 11/8/2001 | See Source »

...makes Plessi’s flames seem positively tame. Sumo wrestlers fight amid a candy-colored geometric background in one room, while another man tries to walk on ice wearing spherical shoes and a human nipple is transformed into an evening bag. There are bronze garbage bags and terra-cotta plungers, photographs of rest-room graffiti and gorgeous formal painting. There’s even a flying steamroller...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Burning Up: Art Sizzles at the Biennale | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

...makeshift nature of Cissokho's showroom may contribute to the bargains he is able to offer, but similar deals can be found elsewhere. An online auction by the Howard S. Rose Gallery in Manhattan featured a number of Noks, including a "fine large-size sculptural terra-cotta, low-fire ceramic human head" with a minimum required bid of just $2,300. A woman who answered the phone at the gallery insisted that the items were "certifiably genuine." When asked about Nigeria's prohibition on the export and sale of Noks, she replied, "Maybe they were here before this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looting Africa | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

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