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...Moon. Like most Mesoamerican pyramids, this one was built like an onion. Explains Cowgill: "They would build a small pyramid, then build a larger one over it and then build a third one after that." As a result, the interior is almost solid dirt and rubble, with no distinct passageways. This makes the going slow and expensive. It took the archaeologists 3 1/2 months to reach the burial chamber, which is about 90 ft. inside the pyramid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: City Of The Gods | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

Regardless of where Home might be in terms of authentic time zones, most visitors will perceive a distinct sense of jet lag upon arrival at Home. According to local custom, most natives of Home rise early in the morning-often to attend to native rituals and folkways such as "school" or "work"-and can often be spotted going to sleep at mid-night, or even earlier. Napping, while common in industrialized nations like our own native land, is considered primitive and uncultivated behavior. While the napping in reality viewed as a gross indulgence and will weaken their status among...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Let's Go: Home | 12/17/1998 | See Source »

...established network of fund alumni givesmembers a distinct advantage in the recruitingprocess, Wilkis says...

Author: By David A. Whelan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Tale of Two Funds | 12/15/1998 | See Source »

...number of international students accepted increased 121 percent from 23 to 51; the number of Canadians--whichthe Admissions Office keeps distinct frominternational students--also nearly doubled, from14...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Early Action Admits Increase Again | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Some works of art celebrated others. There was a whole category, for instance, known as tagasode ("whose sleeves?") or sometimes kosode (small sleeves): screen paintings that depicted women's robes draped casually over a hanging frame, their emptiness carrying a light but distinct erotic flavor. Sometimes their elaborate designs were replicated in paint, but in one screen in this show the fragments of the robes themselves were glued to the gold-leaf surface in a supremely elegant, early form of collage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Style Was Key | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

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