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...amateur archeologist himself. Benton explains that he wants to discourage future relic-hunters from destroying archeological information "We're not going to reward anyone who goes out and finds a treasure of the United States and digs it up himself," he says. "What we're talking about is a crude digger who has no respect: the net result is he probably destroys more than he saves," Benton adds...
Charrier contends that Benton's vigorous prosecution of the state's case will wind up hurting the cause of professional archeology. In the future, relic-hunters may avoid officials entirely and sell their finds piece-by-piece on the open market, he says. "Several sites may be found and nobody's going to find out about it--not LSU [Louisiana State University], not Harvard, not anybody...
Spotted recently in the Yard: a relic from Harvard football's not-so-distant past--a simple white t-shirt, with "We Owe Cornell" printed in red letters on the front...
...series for next season. The scene now shifts back to Boston, where Davis' comments spark a two-week, city-wide search for the statue. Finally, Cornelius Vermeule, curator of classical art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, pieces together the available clues and concludes that the lost relic is in a seldom-trod corner in the museum's basement. The subject of the fuss, a 92-in. bronze statue titled Young Diana, is a somewhat androgynous-looking nymph. Vermeule's professional opinion: "There is indeed a strong resemblance-her profile, the contours of her face...
...with creating "revolutionary change" in economic areas. Michael E. Kraft of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Norman J. Vig of Carleton College noted that Reagan's changes in environmental policy, whether good or bad, had discredited those who believed the American presidency had become a powerless relic. Other professors found that Reagan had created "a sense in the country that he is addressing fundamental historical questions," thus giving his Administration cohesion; that there is 50% more internal communication in Reagan's White House than there was in Jimmy Carter's; that "we should...