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...20th century blossoming of archaeological research in Afghanistan uncovered treasures of unimaginable value: carved ivories, Greek statues and Buddhist icons that mesmerized the world. Those findings also ignited gold fever in the country, inspiring hundreds of freelance "archaeologists" to dig for treasures of their own, with a black-market value that far exceeded a farmer's annual earnings. Then, starting in 1979, war uprooted whatever fragile government protections had been put in place and thousands of priceless artifacts, some even looted from the national museum in Kabul, were spirited out of the country. But it was the fall...
...statues or gold jewelry. "We didn't care about pots," he says. "We would just throw them out, or break them to look for things inside." Marquis places the urn in a large ziplock bag and labels it with the date and exact location of the find. Once the dig is finished, all the artifacts will be shipped to Kabul where they will be analyzed and placed in a historical context, enabling the archaeologists to reconstruct what life once looked like at Tepe Zargaran. "We never knew this was important before," says Basir. "Now, when I find something like this...
...deficit, Obama limits his ability to react to future crises. Obama’s economic policy, especially the stimulus package passed, shows a belief in the principles of Keynesian economics. Maynard Keynes himself once suggested that, to battle the Great Depression, we bury money underground and hire workers to dig it out. Hopefully, Obama’s policies to rejuvenate the economy are more useful than this, but his message should be closer to Keynes’s than to Hoover’s. Malcolm-Wiley T. Floyd ’12, a Crimson editorial writer, lives in Weld Hall...
...Consider a thought experiment proposed by Greg Mankiw. The government could send each person in the country a check with which he could pay his neighbor to dig holes in his backyard. Unemployment would fall, but so would welfare. Consumers could buy more useful goods if government allowed them to keep their money. Unfortunately, Japan casts such a long shadow that Obama and his advisers think the economy will tank by the time consumers spend or businesses reinvest...
...seconds: Noruwa Agho is at the line for two, with the chance to take the lead. He misses the first, drains the second. The Crimson need to dig deep and find its offense. HARVARD 57, COLUMBIA...