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Some pieces in the exhibition are quite striking and hold their own without the need of an explanation. Gordon Olson, while investigating the problem of color transparency in three dimensions, created an extremely beautiful plexiglass sculpture that produces different color overlaps and transparencies as the viewer walks around it. Perhaps only as an independent study could Robert Stortz work on his unusual, cylindrical light sculpture consisting of two fluorescent lights encased in pieces of colored plastic. Another piece worth nothing is a metal sculpture done by Tom Costagliola meant to spin under the force of falling water...
...Doherty, the University policeman who investigated the theft, stated that the robbery was first detected by two museum visitors who saw one of the youths ripping his shirt off in front of the display case of coins. The report said that the youth, in withdrawing the coins from the plexiglass case, had apparently cut open his hand and was using his shirt to stop the bleeding...
...velvet boot, and Ivan the Terrible's embroidered saddle. The Armory also has a magnificent collection of bejeweled gold and silver filigree icon casings, spectacular chalices and royal plate. Only a dozen of the least successful, gaudiest pieces are on exhibition--ostentatiously displayed on red velvet enclosed by modernistic, plexiglass domes...
...bomb blew out a 10-by-5 foot section of a Plexiglass-block wall from the Prescott Street side of the building, and triggered a small fire on the first floor...
Seconds afterwards, Tiger Brian Macintosh cross-checked Havern, touching off a brawl that resulted in six penalites, and two shattered frames of plexiglass when overzealous Princeton supporters crashed onto the ice from the stands. The majority of the Crimson squad remained on the bench throughout the scuffle, and returned minutes later to chalk up another power play goal, with Doug Elliott firing in a set-up from the point...