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...fortified by five sun-dried mud-brick walls, each up to 23 ft. (7 m) thick. The walls guarded a spectacular inner city, whose grand streets ran parallel to the river. Between 1899 and 1917, German archeologists unearthed decorative elements that demonstrate the importance of Nebuchadnezzar's cosmic vision. Along Babylon's main thoroughfare, the Processional Way, there were palaces whose glazed bricks were adorned with 120 images of lions to honor Ishtar, the goddess of love and war. The road terminated at the Ishtar Gate, a massive structure encompassing the five fortification walls and rising more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Babylon: Visions of Vice | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...from the surrounding coziness of column-strewn walls to the lush majesty of legendary Peking. The Lowell House Opera’s (LHO) ambitious 70th anniversary production, Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot,” successfully transforms the dining hall into an exotic and vibrant vision, where the power of love reigns supreme...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Turandot' A Visual Delight | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...Gaudet, who finally received her first R01 grant—which is seen as establishing a young researcher’s credibility—last month, said that she had to reduce the scope of her proposed research several times to render her vision more “conservative,” something that would make her proposal more likely to win funding...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Leaders Challenge NIH Funding Drought | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...therapy itself. For better or for worse, the idea of traditional one-on-one counseling or therapy is not welcomed by many Harvard students, and seeking counseling unfortunately holds a stigma among many undergraduates. Students should be helped to understand that self-reflection is not limited to the stereotypical vision of a patient lying on a couch while a doctor looms in the corner taking notes. Encouraging engagement with profound questions in a group setting will lend legitimacy to students’ moral queries and create an intellectually-charged forum for introspection. The benefit that these groups could have...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Positive Thinking | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...full geek regalia with large rimmed glasses that belong in the 70s and a polka-dotted bow tie. Stranger than his attire is the ensuing wet dream he has of Mariah while supposedly working on her computer. After McBrayer sits down to work, we are inflicted with his vision of Mariah lying seductively in bed while McBrayer dons a gold Viking helmet with horns, a tight red shirt that says “love rocks,” and a toy guitar. The fantasy only gets stranger when they leave the bedroom dressed in early medieval European outfits and start...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POPSCREEN: Mariah Carey | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

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