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Once a claim is established and a native group shows a right of possession, the museum must carry out the repatriation of the object or remains unless it can show that the objects were obtained by legal means. The museum pays for the inventory and the consultation with the tribes, and the tribes must pay for the repatriation of the object, said Barbara Isaac, the assistant director of the Peabody Museum and the coordinator of the repatriation project...
...example, the document says conflicts can occur in such areas as what is meant by a "culturally unaffiliated" object and the problems of claims by unrecognized Native American groups...
Auto industry insiders were unimpressed and merciless. They dubbed it a "jelly bean," a "flying spud" and a "gel tab," among other unflattering appellations. The object of their scorn was the newly introduced 1986 Ford Taurus and its softly rounded contours, which defied the sharp-edged, boxy look long favored by the industry...
Still, being the namesake of such a landmark case carved out a good life for McCorvey. She was the object of much media attention, living off of royalties of her book I Am Roe. However, while being the house celebrity at a pro-choice group where she worked in Texas, she clearly harbored some ambivalence about abortion rights, ultimately befriending a man named Flip in the office next door, who just happened to be the leader of Operation Rescue...
...perceive color and sound, then they don't exist. He was using the famous metaphor of a tree falling in the woods with no one around to hear it. I couldn't disagree more with Llinas' conclusion. Light is the energy given off by a heated or excited object in the form of photons. Sound is the vibration of molecules in a medium caused by an object. Just because there may not be receivers around to pick up the light and sound does not mean they don't exist. When a tree falls in the woods, it hits the ground...