Word: exhibitions
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...findings may please skeptics, but the shroud saga is not a major embarrassment for the Roman Catholic Church. Shortly after the earliest known exhibit of the shroud, in 1354, a French bishop declared it to be a fraud. Through subsequent centuries the church refused to confirm its authenticity. The examination that finally discredited the shroud was conducted with the full blessing of the church, in an unusual alliance between honest faith and objective science. When Pope John Paul was informed of the negative report two weeks ago, he ordered, "Publish...
Deciding that enough was enough, Coors balked, and the state of Florida has filed extortion and consumer-product-tampering charges against Harvey. Exhibit A: tests showing that while the sealed beer can left Coors months earlier, the mouse itself had been dead for only a week or less. After surrendering to authorities in Macon, Ga., Harvey now sits in a Jacksonville jail, where the strongest drink available is a can of cola...
...past 30 years, the Hayden Planetarium has also supplemented the science curriculum of the Cambridge public schools, said Albert H. Giroux, director of public relations for the Cambridge school system. He said the planetarium provides free field trips for students and hosts teacher workshops. It is currently showing an exhibit of "dinosaur art" from the Cambridge elementary schools, he added...
Twenty-eight Boston women in male-dominated professions are the subject of an exhibit that opened yesterday at Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library...
...railroad tracks don't sing anymore. Sinatra barely sings anymore. The new sleeping compartments are capsules resembling John Glenn's old accommodations on exhibit in the Air and Space Museum (without the air and space). And all the ball clubs have long since flown away. Wrigley Field fell in line with the age last week, when, 53 years after the innovator (Cincinnati) and 40 years since the procrastinator (Detroit), the Cubs finally put in lights. That makes everyone...