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...through on their way east, eating whatever they could forage along the way? "The fact that they were burying people in a cemetery suggests they were here for the long haul," says Buckley. Archaeologists may be eager to determine where these first people came from, but Buckley wants to fossick around inside their lives: "For me it's more interesting to know what they did once they got here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riddle of the Bones | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

...tale to gladden the hearts of all who fossick through local art fairs looking for forgotten gems, a work that Boston businessman Edward Puhl bought more than 30 years ago turned out to be Little Regatta, by Paul Klee. The bad news was that it had been stolen. Puhl, who discovered both facts while estate planning, returned it to its owner, the Phillips Collection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 30, 1997 | 6/30/1997 | See Source »

...oogah! and away they go to rescue the crew of a Japanese freighter. On the way Chakiris and Widmark sleep at the stick for as long as 20 minutes, while the customers fossick through expository flashbacks. No sweat, however. Everybody can plainly see that the search plane is parked on a sound stage and the Japanese are floundering in the studio tank. In this film it is the moviemakers who are really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Three Rescueteers | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

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