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...Iran” held in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, the Fogg Art Museum, the Semitic Museum, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.The plaintiffs’ only specifically identify a set of six limestone relief fragments from the site of Persepolis in southwestern Iran, on display on the third floor of the Sackler. In court filings, Harvard’s lawyers contend that none of the antiquities in its collections— including the six fragments in the Sackler, which were a gift from Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886—are owned...
...Boston, opening with a lively rendition of the Spanish-guitar driven “Minas de Cobre.” The effect was only enhanced by projected images of galloping horses and frontman Joey Burns’ appropriately denim-and-flannel attire. The band is much more than their Southwestern background, however. Their varied set, nearly mostly drawn from their forthcoming album, ranged from latin-tinged country to dissonant indie rock, but consistently connected with an audience that treated even new songs like old favorites.Calexico’s multiplicity of styles slowly built on one another over the course...
...shire?, predominantly white, Anglo-Saxon, and insular, is unlike the rest of Sydney, which has for 60 years peacefully absorbed waves of immigrants from Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Each summer, the shire's surf beaches attract hordes of visitors from the immigrant, working-class suburbs of southwestern Sydney. Not all visitors are welcome. Some behave very badly. Policing has been low-key and the rival groups have felt free to make mischief. Defying conventional science, these guys both attract and repel each other...
...SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA GROWTH ALLIANCE V. CAROL BROWNER (1997) Alito's opinion denied an attempt by manufacturers to void the Environmental Protection Agency's regional ozone standards. Alito determined that the agency had acted within its authority in enforcing local Clean Air Act rules, despite concerns that the environmental regulations could significantly affect manufacturers' operating costs...
...blind?" shouts an imperious cyclist as a pedestrian ambles into a dedicated cycle path. Bikes, trams and buses whiz through the center of this medieval city, but private cars are conspicuously absent. That's because for the past 20 years, this university town nestled in the Black Forest in southwestern Germany has reduced the use of cars by laying down a lattice of bike paths, introducing a flat-rate fare for all public transport, and expanding bus and tram lines. Commuters from the suburbs can easily catch a bus, tram or bike from the central train station, so more...