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...objects he has chosen to focus on - the disc, cone, boat, house and chair. Duccio to Delacroix: Masterpieces of European Paintings from the Collection. Through Jan. 2. Includes over 80 European paintings. African and Oceanic Sculpture: Treasures from a Private Collection. Through July 3. The objects are mostly wood and terracotta, ranging from a miniature wooden mask from Zaire to a monumental yoruba veranda post from Nigeria. Rubens, Bellange, Rembrandt: European Graphic Art, 1580 - 1660. Through Feb. 6. Ninety prints, drawings and illustrated books explore the rich variety and visual extravagance of European graphich art from the final phases...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not at Harvard | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

Some professors determine their grades by using the a bell-curve distribution. Professors of the Practice of Geology John A. Wood said he bases his grades on numbers, "and then I place those into...equally spaced distribution bins...

Author: By Gil B. Lahav, | Title: The Grouping of Grades | 11/10/1993 | See Source »

...hears that a house a few doors down is ablaze, but his split- level on Wendt Terrace is still untouched. A bowl of apples and bananas sits spotless on a kitchen counter. Unfortunately, like many homes in a town proud of its rustic flavor, Pattengill's is made of wood. Within minutes, his tennis shoes can be heard trudging the roof, accompanied by a slight hiss of water. Then he comes down again. "There's hardly any water pressure," he laments, a fact that has been hampering official fire fighters all day. Outside on his patio, an ember alights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wild Like the Wind | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...uniform or join in public discussions, and the 20-odd young pilots who did appear were far outnumbered by the media and seemed as fearful as they were disconsolate. What was there to do? "Listen to a bunch of old geezers talk about the times when planes were wood and men were steel," according to a pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches Tailhook, the Sequel | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

...tough this summer switching to wood," Morgan said. "You think you have to do things differently when you probably...

Author: By Cara E. Abdulrazak, | Title: Dave Morgan '94: From Medicine Hat to Florida | 10/16/1993 | See Source »

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