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...focal point of the exhibition is Constantin Brancusi's Marble Hand of Mademoiselle Pogany, a beautifully stylized and impossibly elegant sculpture which, which emphatically being "hand", proclaims with equal volume "form," "body," "tool," and so on. Its placement at the origin of the two axes of the show is entirely appropriate, because it is the most obviously ambiguous work in the room. This is not to say that the other objects in the show are easily pigeon-holed. Indeed, once put behind glass under the even light of an exhibition, even the tools used for installing the show take...

Author: By James R. Murdoch, | Title: "Object" of Desire | 2/24/1994 | See Source »

...whole campaign around legislation is more important than whether you win," she said. "[Campaigns] are the best educational tool we have. You get the media involved and the community involved. You're getting your issue out in the public...

Author: By Marcus R. Wohlsen, | Title: Activist Seeks Smoking Ban | 2/11/1994 | See Source »

Jewish groups, like B'nai Brith, have applauded the movie as an powerful tool for education. And the national media as a whole has given extensive, and valuable, exposure to the movie. In addition, the U.S. Holocaust museum held a ceremony posthumously awarding a Medal of Remembrance to Oskar Schindler. A spokesperson for the museum added that Spielberg's movie "makes a big contribution to American awareness of the Holocaust...

Author: By David J. Andorsky, | Title: A Victory for Remembrance | 2/8/1994 | See Source »

...increasingly serves as a geopolitical tool, the proud humanitarian tradition of neutrality has largely been shattered. "There is a definite change in the attitude toward humanitarian workers," says U.N. aid official Paul Mitchell. "We are now targets." Aid staff members, alone and together & with their uniformed escorts, have taken sides, wittingly and unwittingly, in these fragmented, fratricidal wars. In Somalia, "relief workers tend to become identified with different subclans," says Lance Salisbury, assistant country representative for Catholic Relief Services. "And the leaders attempt to draw you into larger conflicts." In Baidoa, where Salisbury is based, most of his staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Perils of Good Intentions | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...case National Organization for Women, Inc., et al. v. Scheidler, et al., Chief Justice William Rehnquist held that even though antiabortion activists do not seek financial gain, they may still be hit with suits under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law, an extremely effective ) prosecutor's tool forged in 1970. He pointed out that it was money lost by victims rather than money gained by the perpetrators that informed his decision. The blockades have indeed been costly (see chart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Activist, My Mobster | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

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