Word: subterranean
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...reached by e-mail via wireless Ethernet. In the middle of the night, you can be summoned to defend yourself—while on web cam—to your significant other who lives across the Atlantic. And so long as you aren’t riding subterranean on the T, your cell phone makes you instantly reachable. With Harvard’s recent initiative to make the entire campus wireless, we’re destined to become even more plugged...
...This has less to do with the vast underground spaces the exhibition commands at the Art Gallery of New South Wales until Dec. 12, or with the subterranean sheen of its bronzed walls, and more to do with the art. In the first of the rooms, figures flare up like handprints sprayed in ocher across cave walls. But mostly they dance. These figures are the mimih, the devilish rock spirits that are often seen cavorting with Dionysian glee. Well may they be mirthful...
...undisclosed location known as Site R, an underground bunker on the Maryland-Pennsylvania border where the Vice President spent much of his time in 2001. Deep under Raven Rock Mountain, Site R "is a secret world of five buildings, each three stories tall, computer filled caverns and a subterranean water reservoir." It is just 7 miles from Camp David...
...Robinson, assistant professor of the classics and assistant professor of the history of art and architecture, returned to Greece to continue her research on the fountains of Corinth. This trip was part of her ongoing research on the art and science of ancient waterworks. A new look at the subterranean water-collection tunnels provided insight into how ancient Corinthians handled the Peirene fountain’s flow...
...more than welcome. Even Holly Neufer, who runs the pottery room, as well as a Wednesday night class on wheel throwing and hand building, didn’t discover pottery until she was in her forties. In an interesting double disassociation, Holly claims that her favorite aspect of the subterranean pottery room is its invigorating effects. “I enjoy working with the students, and taking part in their energy,” she says. Conversely, all four students in the room that night admitted that they attended Holly’s classes for their sedative effects...