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...Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology houses more than six million cultural objects and 500,000 photographic records, constituting one of the oldest and largest collections of indigenous artifacts in the Western Hemisphere. Five hundred of the objects are on display in the permanent exhibit, called “The Hall of the North American Indian,” which was installed in 1990 and continues to be a home for academic research, along with educational and ceremonial programs. McLaughlin says that she carefully selected the artifacts for the Wiyohpiyata exhibit from among the museum’s vast collection...
...larger breakthrough, however, was yet to come. “The Host,” which premiered in 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival, broke box office records in its home country with 13 million viewers in four months. The film focuses on a mutant monster generated by a U.S. Army laboratory which illegally dumped chemicals in the Han River (the “Seine of Seoul”). Bong was especially applauded for his ability to mix the conventions of a genre film—a monster film in this case—with his facetious social satire...
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Reeves said that he hopes that the city will open a discussion on living conditions in Central Square, which has not seen a large-scale renovation since 1990 when the city spent around $3.5 million to revitalize the neighborhood...
...women’s rights when they proposed the veil-ban, they were also worried about the growth of Islamic radicalism within France. The same parliamentary commission recommended that foreign women exhibiting such signs of "radicalness" (presumably, like a veil) be denied residency, asylum, and citizenship. France has five million Muslims, more than any other country in Western Europe, and has had problems assimilating immigrants in the past. Therefore, fears of a London subway bombings-style act of violence by disenchanted Muslim youth are resonant Again, there is some truth to the idea that that veils often mark out some?...