Word: displays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Until now, this sort of Bah, humbug! approach to the Scriptures was in full display largely in the rarefied and theologically correct atmosphere of seminaries and elite universities. John Dominic Crossan, a Bible scholar at DePaul University, notes that there was an "implicit deal -- you scholars can go off to the universities and write in the journals and say anything you want." Now, he says, "the scholars are coming out of the closet," demanding public attention for the way they think. Among the latest such works are Crossan's Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (HarperSanFrancisco; $18), Burton Mack's The Lost...
...Museum. The very collections they accuse the current staff of "neglecting," were actually rescued, gathered and re-catalogued by Dr. Carney Gavin and group of students and volunteers when, as the result of the recommendations of an earlier faculty advisory committee, in 1957, the card catalogue was burnt, the display cases were tossed out of the museum's upper floors, and the archaeological collection was dispersed--some to be lost forever...
...York coat drive distributed 10,000 winter coats. This year the goal is 75,000. The coats are collected in boxes at police precincts and bank branches, at more than 50 companies and at major commuter points like Grand Central station. There New York Cares has set up a display of coats from such celebrities as New York Knicks star Charles Smith (a towering blue worsted) and Mayor-elect Rudolph Giuliani (a staid gray tweed) to tweak the conscience of suburbanites. The coats are turned over to 200 agencies around the city to be given to those who need them...
...some retailers say two guards and the Shops' hidden camera video monitoring system--even with its zoom lenses and multi-angle display--do not provide enough protection...
Christopher's announcement came in response to a rare display of Syrian goodwill toward Israel. Assad promised to assist investigations into the disappearance of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon during the 1980s, and offered exit permits to 1,200 Syrian Jews by the end of this month. The gestures did not go unnoticed. The very next day, the Administration said it would temporarily relax sanctions against Syria -- imposed for its alleged support of international terrorism -- to allow the transfer of several American-made aircraft from Kuwait...