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Down the river, students and faculty at MIT have responded to the attack on the World Trade Center in a way that comes naturally to them—construction. The Reflecting Wall at MIT, a 12-foot by 25-foot life-size wooden replica of a section of the World Trade Center now stands behind the MIT chapel. The monument was created as a temporary space where members of the community could reflect on the national tragedy that has left close to 6,000 people missing. Last Friday, the site was dedicated by ministers representing all faiths. According...
After UHS, the best place to find condoms may be Matthews 407. Residents Danielle Li `05 and Allison T. Tanenhaus `05 recently puttied up their walls in the name of sex and creativity. 220 condoms later, a four-foot replica of the Trojan horse, named Menelaos, stands ready to charge. Giddy...
...necessarily reasonable. The order to close the U.S. Courthouse in Little Rock, Ark., came shortly before 10 a.m., and it was promptly heeded by everyone except a solitary federal district judge. There sat Henry Woods, age 83, his lined face framed by a mane of white hair, beneath a replica of the seal of the U.S. Around him, at his insistence, a jury and lawyers carried on in a damage suit stemming from, of all things, a 1999 American Airlines crash. "This looks like an intelligent jury to me," Woods said, explaining his refusal to grant a mistrial...
...necessarily reasonable. The order to close the U.S. Courthouse in Little Rock, Ark., came shortly before 10 a.m., and it was promptly heeded by everyone except a solitary federal district judge. There sat Henry Woods, age 83, his lined face framed by a mane of white hair, beneath a replica of the seal of the U.S. Around him, at his insistence, a jury and lawyers carried on in a damage suit stemming from, of all things, a 1999 American Airlines crash. "This looks like an intelligent jury to me," Woods said, explaining his refusal to grant a mistrial...
...thick slab, which was being used as a drain cover, caused a wave of excitement in the archeological world. Here was solid proof of Zheng He's odysseys. Today, the shoulder-high stone lies all but forgotten in a corner of the National Museum in Colombo. In Galle, a replica of the tablet - the town's sole record of Zheng He's passing - sits in the National Maritime Museum alongside pieces of the wrecked ships of later Dutch and Portuguese visitors. Although he may be forgotten, Zheng He would recognize much in Galle's narrow alleys where gem hustlers still...