Word: kimberley
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...work in recording and interpreting the fragile art, Walsh received a doctorate of letters last year from the University of Melbourne. But his conclusion that some of the paintings found in the Kimberley region are too sophisticated to have been painted by Aborigines has angered many. Walsh shrugs off allegations of racism, claiming his work will be better appreciated in more reasonable times: "I see myself as working for people who haven't been born yet,'' says the nuggetty 60-year...
...pell-mell nature of AP history classes in particular that prompted the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, a top private school in New York City, to drop all AP courses four years ago. Last year the Montclair Kimberley Academy in New Jersey decided to drop AP U.S. History. A number of other top private schools, including Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, have always steered clear of AP courses. Myra McGovern, a spokeswoman at the National Association of Independent Schools, discerns "a movement from a small group of independent schools that have said no to AP courses," preferring to offer high...
...Within the group there was some concern that it would degrade the integrity of CityStep,” said Kimberley C. Weber ’07, who is in charge of publicity for the party. “But ultimately it’s not about us drinking to the kids so much as us making money for the kids...
...Staff Writer Kimberley A. Kicenuik can be reached at kicenuik@fas.harvard.edu...
...which ended roughly 10,000 years ago. Tasmania was then joined to the Australian mainland by a land bridge, and though the island's stencils may not be as old as Arnhem Land's tableaux of long-limbed spirits, or as elaborate as the red spectral figures of the Kimberley region's Bradshaw paintings, they still inspire wonder, for the Ice Age hunters and their families here were living further south than anyone else then on the planet. Today this cave entrance looks west over a gully choked with soaring swamp gums and mottled dogwood trees, fallen logs and bark...