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Dates: during 1990-1999
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So there is something almost surreal in the contrast between the detachment and formal purity of Khmer sculpture and the circumstances under which so much of it precariously survives. To walk into this show is to shift gears; to be immersed in an extremely slow-moving tradition to which the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: ANCIENT, FROZEN SMILES | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

Having the entire summer off from school negatively affects learning. All students forget some of what they learned during the previous school year, which forces teachers to spend part of the next school year on review work. Economically disadvantaged students, whose learning is often not reinforced in their homes or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REMINISCENCES: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

Perhaps the most interesting painter to reflect this mood was John Frederick Peto (1854-1907), who specialized in eye-fooling, hypernaturalistic still life. In his work, the image of the martyred Lincoln recurs frequently, to the point of obsession, usually taking the form of a daguerreotype pinned to the board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TO SHAPE A PAST | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

"I know how it is out there. And she's young and not hip to a lot of games people play...." As she continues, the "out there" that she referred to recurs, and in the repeated reference of her description, it becomes clear that its something more than the physical...

Author: By Kathryn R. Markham, | Title: Raining in Baltimore | 9/28/1996 | See Source »

Fortunately, the immune systems of most healthy adults are strong enough to successfully eliminate Cyclospora infections after several weeks. But doctors can shorten the length of the illness considerably by treating patients with strong antibiotics. So if you have diarrhea that persists for more than a couple of days or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STRAWBERRY SICKNESS | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

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