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...Chester Gorman, assistant professor of Oriental studies, said excavations in Thailand by the UPenn university museum show that humans used metal alloys about 3600 B.C. and that civilization spread from Southeast Asia...
...excavations uncovered "layer upon layer of stratified human burials, decorated pottery, weapons, ornaments and a plethora of metal tools," Gorman said. A total of 18 tons of pottery, stone and metal objects were collected and transported to the UPenn museum, he added...
...artifacts are evidence that smelting and a highly developed metallurgy existed earlier than scientists had previously thought, Gorman said...
Benton gives Kramer vs. Kramer its lifelike quality by clearing away the artifice that most American film makers use to shape human experience into so-called entertainment. His screenplay strips away unnecessary detail and background from Gorman's novel; his direction concentrates on the characters' feelings above all else. Music is never used to heighten a scene, and the camera moves only when the actors' wanderings force it to do so. Benton's focus is so tight that Kramer shows a far more domestic and grittier view of Manhattan than the Allen and Mazursky films...
Borg also beat Tom Gorman, 33, an unseeded American, and India's Vijay Amritraj, 25, en route to the finals. There his opponent was Roscoe Tanner, 27, a hard-serving Tennessean seeded fifth. Tanner's appearance in the finals was not altogether popular, since his triumph in the semifinals came at the expense of the tournament's giant killer: Pat DuPre, 24, a lanky (6 ft. 2½ in., 180 Ibs.) Belgian-born Alabaman who now lives in La Jolla, Calif. Ranked a lowly 28th in the U.S., DuPre tiptoed into the first round and ambushed fourth...