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...Lowdown:Waxman illustrates this overstuffed book with the colorful personalities and histories behind some of the most famous ancient artworks (the Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone), and the questions she raises are fascinating ones. Should a nation be allowed back its antiquities if they cannot be cared for? Is there any value in moving a piece from a museum where it will be seen by millions to one where it may be seen by nobody? Should exhibits detail exactly where an item comes from, no matter how embarrassing the history? Unfortunately, the basic appeal of such debates is often diluted...
Today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—the former property of Belgian King Leopold II and third largest African nation by land mass—tens of thousands of people are living in displaced peoples’ camps located throughout the eastern region off that nation. According to a Congolese woman interviewed by the BBC, “The fighting began near our home in the middle of the night. There was a lot of gunfire and ‘mabombi’ —explosions [shelling]. Some people were caught in the middle...
...avid sports fan, Obama sat in the back of his campaign bus last Saturday relaxing on a Lazy Boy and watching some ESPN News. As the ticker on the bottom of the television screen rolled through college football scores from across the nation, it finally came across the Ivy League...
...sideline looms the Crimson, coming off a dominant performance last week against winless Dartmouth. Despite being ranked ninth in the nation in passing entering the contest, Harvard relied on its ground game with great success, out-gaining the Big Green 368 yards...
...more and more jobs head overseas, Brock and others on the commission can't stress enough how dire the need is for educational reform. "The nation is running out of time," he says...