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...Having failed to save it, Seoul is planning to restore the monument as quickly as possible: an official at the Cultural Heritage Administration told media it would take about three years and $21 million to rebuild the gate. President-elect Lee Myung Bak has proposed that citizens kick in money for the construction. But until the Namdaemun Gate is rebuilt, its blackened pedestal will remain a reminder of the fragility of Korea's architectural legacy - and a litmus test of just how serious the 5,000-year-old culture is about preserving its remaining historical landmarks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Korea Protect Its Historical Sites? | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...conclusions are harsh: "A very brutal anti-semitism was widespread in Poland," he told his audience. "Many Poles agreed with the opinion that Hitler should have a monument elevated for helping Poland solve the Jewish question. That was happening not in only Poland, but in all of post-war Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confronting Poland's Anti-Semitic Demons | 1/23/2008 | See Source »

...town's chief of police says his officers don't surf social-networking sites. In both cases parents first pointed out the photos. But sleuths are increasingly looking at online evidence. One Vermonter received a warrant from Pennsylvania police after posting photos of herself defacing a Quaker State monument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...this huge square, except for a strange glow coming from a glass plate in the pavement. There was a small white underground chamber lined with empty bookshelves. On it was that famous [Heinrich] Heine quote, 'Where they burn books, they will end up burning people.' It was the monument to the 1933 book burnings. I looked up and saw I was surrounded by Frederick the Great's Neoclassical buildings. Nearby were Hitler's bunker and the old Jewish synagogue. I was at the center of world history. I wanted to learn more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Fusion: Omega Minor | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...from wearing most hats. Favorite part about Harvard: Breakfast in a dining hall, breakfast anywhere. Describe yourself in three words: Wondrous strange stuff. In 15 minutes you are: Off to rehearsal with half a peck of delicious apples. In 15 years you are: A park ranger at Sequoia National Monument, teaching kids about John Muir at the visitors center and leading the 1:30 hike to that one tree that you can drive through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: scoped! | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

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