* Discussion of ultramarine in an article on blue pigments in early Sienese paintings from The Journal of the American Institute for Conservation

* A Discussion and Overview of IR Theory and its Historical Roots at American University

* Woman and Social Progress: A Discussion of the Biologic, Domestic, Industrial and Social Possibilities of American Women.

On May 23, 1996 he participated in the National Discussion on Race & Reconciliation, this event was organized and sponsored by the National Press Club in Washington, DC by Hope in the Cities and its participants included but were not limited to U. S. Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey and U. S. Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr .. On December 1996, he led a delegation of American Muslims to Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, to take part in talks with Palestinian leader, President Yassir Arafat.

* Discussion arising from Barrett's " cellar door " article on the American Dialect Society mailing list

* American Library Association Public Programs Office Book Discussion Series list of book discussion programs developed by the ALA

Discussion then followed on means of disengagement from war and how to achieve political settlement in Indochina, as well as discourse on the viability of the American political system.

Discussion followed on the rationale for continuation of war, including Constitutional authority for President's Vietnam policy ; extent of Administration and State Department responsiveness to committee views and requests and to public opinion ; U. S. activity in Laos and Cambodia during and after withdrawal of American forces in Vietnam.

* Discussion on an American species, Sceliphron caementarium

" Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Native American Literature: A Panel Discussion.

* Discussion of Japanese High School Girls and the poetry they inspire

In around 1850 it moved to Discussion Hall, Shoe Lane, and in 1871 migrated to the Barley Mow Inn, Salisbury Square, E. C. 1, where it remained until the 1960s.

Laws were passed prohibiting nude swimming in the Ohio River during daylight hours, and prohibiting dogs from running loose.

Violators of the nude swimming law faced a penalty of a $ 1. 00 fine for the first offense, and could go as high as $ 5. 00 for subsequent offenses.

According to Athenaeus, the idea of Aphrodite Rising from the Sea was inspired by Phryne who during the time of the festivals of the Eleusinia and Poseidonia had no problem swimming nude in the sea.

Hippie Hollow Park has been used as a nude swimming spot for years, because the area was along a particularly remote section of the shoreline of Lake Travis.

The park continues as a clothing optional park, with appropriate signage at the park entrance advising visitors that nude swimming and sunbathing may be encountered.

In the Nordic countries, with their sauna culture, nude swimming in rivers or lakes was a very popular tradition.

It is not uncommon for private clubs with male-only or female-only facilities to allow ( for example ) nude swimming.

* In 2003, while training for a Davis Cup tie with Ecuador, he allegedly urinated on some men in a La Serena bar's bathroom and was later expelled from his hotel after being accused of swimming nude.

Many leather people went to the Embarcadero YMCA ( at this YMCA doing weight training while wearing nothing but gym shoes and a jockstrap as well as nude swimming were both allowed until 1975, when women were enabled to become members of the YMCA ).

Moon encounters Andy swimming nude.

Dani however prefers to run off into the neighbor's pond to go swimming in the nude.

The scene then dissolves into an underwater shot of the two main characters swimming from above, followed by a view of the characters in a nude, Eden-esque embrace.

* skinny dipping, or swimming in the nude, ( inaccurate or jocular usage )

She traveled Europe by car with Mandiargues and Cartier-Bresson where she was photographed nude in a swimming pool by Cartier-Bresson.

The film was highly controversial in its time largely because of a nude swimming scene.

Prior to the mid-19th century, swimming nude was unexceptional.

Although modern swimwear is more practical, nude swimming remains a fairly common activity in rural areas, where an unwanted audience of outsiders is rather unlikely ; yet it may be forbidden even there by law.

Today, many swimmers in the U. S. limit nude swimming to private locations due to concerns about public nudity.

In some English schools, Manchester Grammar School for example, nude swimming was compulsory until the 1970s.

A 2006 Roper poll showed that 25 % of all American adults had been skinny dipping at least once, and that 74 % believed nude swimming should be tolerated at accepted locations.

Several films have become notable in whole or in part due to their nude swimming scenes.

* Ecstasy ( 1933 ) The film was censored or banned in many places largely because of Hedy Lamarr's nude swimming scene.

* Tarzan and His Mate ( 1934 ) featured the female lead ( played by a double ) swimming nude, however religious groups lobbied to have the scene removed.

* The Blue Lagoon, a 1980 Randal Kleiser film starring Brooke Shields, shows nude swimming scenes – shot in Champagne Bay, Vanuatu.

The production stirred deep controversy by featuring nude performers in Mickey Mouse masks dancing on the ruins of the World Trade Center and a female singer with a painted on Hitler toothbrush moustache performing a straight arm Nazi salute, along with sinister portrayals of American soldiers, Uncle Sam, and Elvis Presley impersonators.

Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction.

Unlike many American male actors, Keitel has appeared nude in several films, including full frontal nudity in Bad Lieutenant and The Piano.

In the North American version, clothes were added to Sophitia in the opening cutscene where she would have been nude.

In 1984, Vanessa Williams became the first African American woman to be crowned Miss America, but resigned from her duties after nude photos of her surfaced in Penthouse.

' The Beauty of the Week ' feature includes a photograph of an African American woman in a swimsuit ( either one piece or bikini but never nude ), and information about the model's name, city, profession, hobbies and interests.

She then became the first actress to purposely display herself nude on American television by completely baring her breasts during the May 4, 1973, Public Broadcasting Service broadcast of Bruce Jay Friedman's Steambath on Hollywood Television Theater.

Robert Mapplethorpe ( November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989 ) was an American photographer, known for his large-scale, highly stylized black and white portraits, photos of flowers and nude men.

When the Russian version of Playgirl was launched in June 2004, it contained photographs of nude, circumcised American men which created an unfamiliar sight to Russian women as circumcision is less common outside the U. S., being practiced mainly by Muslims and Jews in Russia.

Spencer Tunick ( born January 1, 1967 ) is an American photographer best known for organizing large-scale nude shoots.

This subtle, rather chaste nude was exhibited at the Pacific Asia Museum in 1999 and two other venues as part of the exhibition Theodore Lukits, An American Orientalist.

* Julianna Young ( born 1960 ), American nude model

Samuel Roth, who ran a literary business in New York City, was convicted under a federal statute criminalizing the sending of " obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy " materials through the mail for advertising and selling a publication called American Aphrodite (" A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free ") containing literary erotica and nude photography.

In May 2004, Titan employee Adel Nakhla, an Egyptian-born American citizen, was terminated from his job, after he admitted he held down inmates that were " nude, handcuffed to each other and placed in sexual positions " ( as described by the Taguba Report ).

Sung Hi Lee ( born April 1, 1970 ) is a Korean American model and actress, who appears mostly in soft-core nude photoshoots.

Attempting to tell life from the point of view of women in a changing world, the show stirred controversy when the 90-minute opener had the first " nude " scene on American network television ( the nudity was only implied, as both of the bodies were under bedsheets ) between Larry Kirby and his mistress, Sandra.

On network censorship: " Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and cuss.

Jock Sturges ( born 1947 ) is an American photographer, best known for his images of nude adolescents and their families, primarily taken at communes in Northern California and at the Atlantic-coast naturist resort at Montalivet, France.

Teresa " Teri " Susan Weigel ( born February 24, 1962 ) is an American pornographic actress, fashion and nude model and Playboy Playmate.

While he already had a considerable following by the middle of 1906, Picasso enjoyed further success with his paintings of massive over-sized nude women, monumental sculptural figures that recalled the work of Paul Gauguin and showed his interest in primitive ( African, Micronesian, Native American ) art.

Thanks to his attractive face and well-developed body he was also much in demand as nude model by recognized American photographers such as Douglas of Detroit.

In an interview with American playwright Barrie Stavis, Ziegler explained that a painting of a beautiful nude German woman encourages the ideal of a perfect body and gives German men the incentive to have many German children.

For example, men who have appeared nude have included Richard Gere ( American Gigolo, 1980 ), Arnold Schwarzenegger ( The Terminator, 1984 ), William Petersen ( To Live and Die in L. A., 1985 ), Harvey Keitel ( Bad Lieutenant, 1992, and The Piano, 1993 ), Sylvester Stallone ( Demolition Man, 1993 ), Bruce Willis ( Color of Night, 1994 ), Ewan McGregor ( Trainspotting, 1996 ), Edward Norton ( American History X, 1998 ), Kevin Bacon ( Wild Things, 1998 ), Jude Law ( The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1999 ), Geoffrey Rush ( Quills, 2000 ), Christian Bale ( American Psycho, 2000 ), Ralph Fiennes ( Red Dragon, 2002 ), Viggo Mortensen ( Eastern Promises, 2007 ), Willem Dafoe ( Antichrist, 2009 ), Billy Crudup ( Watchmen, 2009 ), among others.