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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quote comes from a tablet currently on display at Harvard's Semitic Museum. It is part of an exhibit on the excavations of the town of Nuzi, a small provincial city in northern Mesopotamia that was once part of the Mittani kingdom, a Near Eastern world power from around 1500 B.C.E. The tablet is one of 14 preserved from the deposition of Kushshi-harbe, the mayor of Nuzi, during investigations into his sexual misconduct and criminal behavior...

Author: By Dara Horm, | Title: The Monica of Mesopotamia | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

According to the museum display, the mayor was accused of illicit sexual relations as well as "making a door for his private house from wood belonging to the palace, looting a sealed house, numerous thefts and kidnapping." All this and more is waiting for you at the Semitic Museum...

Author: By Dara Horm, | Title: The Monica of Mesopotamia | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

...funded by its own endowment, is a research and educational institution that manages 265 acres of trees, shrubs and vines. Founded in 1872, the arboretum was planned as a part of Boston's Emerald Necklace park system. It collects trees and plants from around the world for education and display...

Author: By Kelly M. Yamanouchi, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Maples Make Autumn Magnificent at Arboretum | 10/14/1998 | See Source »

After a phone call to the chain's buyer, Stafford told an employee to remove the costumes from display...

Author: By Joseph P. Chase, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Urban Outfitters Chain Pulls Racist Costumes | 10/14/1998 | See Source »

With such a wide range of eras as is seen in A View from the Roof, the design must be simple and transitory, yet effective. With contrasting music, period costumes, a few set alterations and a video screen to display various backdrops, the transformation from pre-WWII Venice to 1980s Toronto is complete. Simple set/prop pieces are also used in the production to display character. One of the most effective examples is a swivel chair used by Mulgrave's constantly bordering-on-hysterical secretary as she wheels about from one end of the stage to the other, reporting her employer...

Author: By Julie Rattey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A 'Roof' with a Powerful View | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

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