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Public confidence in the trustworthiness of these institutions is critical, and yet nowhere is it more fragile than in biomedical research involving human participants.
But remember that ceramics can be heavy and fragile to carry home; inquire about shipping options.
Just when you thought it was safe to assume that we now know all we are ever likely to know about the past, someone digs another hole and unearths (literally or figuratively) some ancient artifact: one day it is a fragile scroll, found in a cave near the Dead Sea, that turns out to be pre-Biblical; the next day it is an entire terracotta army of Chinese soldiers: the next it is a skull, excavated from the Olduvai Gorge, that compels anthropologists (once again) to revise their guesses about the earliest stages of Homo sapiens sapiens vs hominids.
Their first government had failed, and it remained uncertain whether the fragile new one could withstand challenges to its legitimacy.
The first few rooms are carefully laid out with pieces of antique shelving displaying fragile breakables; beyond them, you’ll find a fairly conventional department store that stocks Portuguese ceramics, porcelain, wines, embroidery, dolls, and inexpensive souvenirs.