Word: pre-columbian
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...find it hard to imagine such a society, not because it was so cruel -- in that regard, pre-Columbian Mexico was no worse than 20th century Europe with its wars and concentration camps -- but because its cruelty, as Paz points out in his catalog essay, was indissolubly part of its "senseless and sublime" theological and moral system. "The Mesoamerican vision of the world and of man is shocking. It is a tragic vision that both stimulates and numbs me. It does not seduce me, but it is impossible not to admire it." So might some Russian of the 3rd millennium...
...example, was an old acquaintance of Kent's from Smallville who applied for a job at the Planet. Then there was a Supergirl who appeared as a result of Cub Reporter Jimmy Olsen's making a wish over a Latin American idol. No sooner was she dispatched back to pre-Columbian limbo than it turned out that Krypton had not exploded all at once and that Superman's cute cousin Kara had also rocketed to earth as another Supergirl, a.k.a. Linda Lee. (Why all the females in Superman have names beginning with L remains unexplained, and might make a promising...
...surprise winner of the 1986 American Book Award for nonfiction. This collection of short pieces about the American Southwest, Alaska, endangered wildlife and forgotten cultures is in the same vein. Much of the ground covered is by now well trodden, though Lopez has a light step. He glides over pre-Columbian history, kicking up bits of ornithology, geology and marine biology. His best entry is about beached whales on the Oregon coast and the peculiar behavior these leviathans caused in the local population. The author is a clear and patient observer whose literary surfaces are sometimes broken by a political...
About 30 international scholars study and reside at Dumbarton Oaks each year, where they concentrate in one of three fields: Byzantine studies, Pre-Columbian culture or Landscape Architecture. Students completing doctoral or post-doctoral research receive about $9000 for their work...
...structure's highlights is an eight-room marble and teak wood paneled wing designed by the world reknowned architect Philip Johnson. Pre-Columbian jade, pottery and gold objects in the Bliss' collection are displayed there and open to public viewing. A vast assemblage of Byzantine coins, sculptures and ivories are showcased in another part of the house...