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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chain of command who had visited the Beirut airport facilities but then made no suggestion that security there be improved, even though the battalion headquarters provided "a lucrative target for attack." Higher officers, the report said, felt "it would somehow be improper to tell him [the on-site commander] how best to protect his force." Cited by title, but not by name, for failing to supervise security adequately or to clarify the rules of engagement, were Vice Admiral Edward Martin, commander of the Sixth Fleet; Admiral William Small, commander of U.S. naval forces in Europe; and General Bernard Rogers, Commander...
Early on, it was decided to forgo an emergency furnace, and some Massachusetts legislators question the wisdom of that decision. (A similar 20-story office in Toronto has taken the timid approach, with a steam-heat backup.) But Site Architect Spiros Pantazi brushes off all fears...
...last 25 years, teams of scholars from Harvard and Cornell have sifted through the remains of the opulent eastern capital at its site just southeast of ancient Troy. This week, the Fogg Art Museum winds up an exhibition and lecture series celebrating the Silver Jubilee of the Sardis exploration, an ongoing project sponsored jointly by the Fogg and by Cornell University...
Since that time, archaeologists, historians and architects have descended upon the site to dig up the foundations of the city, restore ancient buildings to their former grandeur, and unearth thousands upon thousands of ceramic remains, coins, and other artifacts. Fifty thousand photographs fill the files of their Harvard office, dozens of volumes fill the shelves, and hundreds of drawings and water colors have been made of the structures and relics of the past...
...live in a permanent compound with a big central building where we eat and have a library and architectural workrooms," says Mitten. "We work there very comfortably. "It's sometimes frustrating, but it's an extremely exciting site. The chance to work on this with out Turkish colleagues is especially rewarding. We try to give students who come out for training an idea of international collaboration. That's the foundation on which the Sardis operation works...