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...saying that Rome, as the capital of Christianity, was destined to become a thesaurus almost indescribably rich in these cult objects. Money, talent, raw materials and the competitive pride of rival orders abounded there over the long centuries and spread through the churches of the neighboring Papal States. Despite theft and fire and the plunderings of tourists from Alaric the Visigoth to Hitler's Waffen SS, a stupendous amount remains. In this show, more than 500 examples have been assembled by a group of scholars headed by Art Historian Paolo Cercato...
...describes Manter Hall as "relatively strict, because you have to do your homework, you have to be neat." His winning smile flashing through his heavy beard, he notes that Manter Hall has few problems in comparison to public schools because "there is no threat to life and very little theft." He comments that most of the problems at Manter Hall center on individuals, rather than the administrative structure of the school...
Gorski sees this new arrest policy--which has the support of the University committee on crime, chaired by Stephen S.J. Hall, vice-president for administration--as a means of significantly reducing the property theft rate at Harvard. Hall said Wednesday that $3000 to $4000 worth of property is stolen each week...
This is the second theft at Hemispheres in a month. The stereo was stolen four weeks...
...first two thefts were from the Center for the Study of World Religions, a Divinity-affiliated building--and the thieves had keys. The third theft was from the Cambridge home of the committee's secretary, and the thieves knew where he lived and what documents he had taken home for a little weekend work...