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...English countryside in 1935, Briony, a 13-year-old aspiring writer, secretly observes the budding romance between Cecilia, her older sister, and Robbie Turner, the intelligent and respectable son of a servant. And although it becomes “essential” for Briony to unearth the meanings and motives behind the young lovers’ actions, she ultimately succeeds only in drawing distorted conclusions about an adult world that she neither fully comprehends nor inhabits...
...Gates dug into his “roots envy” to unearth roots of family history, resulting in findings that were oftentimes surprising and moving...
...became as expert as a geologist at analyzing the mineral contents of clay. Later, at the studios she set up in France and Tasmania, she was forever "digging and scrounging and carting and milling and sieving clays and rocks and ashes," Hanssen Pigott recalled. What she was looking to unearth were the means to perfectly render her forms - the ideal mix of clays, for instance, or the right transparency of glaze. For, as this insightful show makes clear, the shapes of her inspiration had already formed...
...they can't be forced," says Jacquelynne Eccles, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, who led a landmark, 25-year study examining what motivated first- and seventh-graders in three school districts. Even so, a growing number of educators and psychologists do believe it is possible to unearth ambition in students who don't seem to have much. They say that by instilling confidence, encouraging some risk taking, being accepting of failure and expanding the areas in which children may be successful, both parents and teachers can reignite that innate desire to achieve...
Professor Fash said he is hopeful that impending excavations in Harvard Yard will fill in some archival holes. He said he expects to unearth pot shards, pipe stems, broken nails, and glass from the 17th century, but also hopes to find remains of the original structure of the Harvard Indian College, including parts of its walkways, foundation, and refuse system. “Archaeologists love to find garbage,” Fash said yesterday. And whatever he and his team of student archaeologists find—be it garbage or veritable treasure—it will appear online...