Word: ancient
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...stocks it holds, the Vatican would seem to be the epitome of wealth. Last week, for the first time, the Holy See made a public accounting of its cash flow, in the form of a summary of expenses and income for 1986. The surprising news is that the ancient institution is gradually going broke...
...ancient block, which once adorned the temple entrance, has sat, almost unnoticed, at the institute since 1967. It bears an exquisite carving depicting the Hindu god Vishnu, who is said to have created the world from an ocean of milk. Thailand wants the lintel returned in time for the official unveiling of the restored temple in April...
...ANCIENT TEXTS were, literally, Greek to Stone. He taught himself the language and read them in the original, bringing to them the enthusisam of the muckraker and the autodidact. He loves the material, and his sense of excitement is contagious. Publication of the book is justfied if only to have a man with Stone's impeccable "progressive" credentials on record as a lover of the much-maligned great books. It can only help to have a writer with Stone's verve bring the ancient texts and characters to life and demonstrate how the classic writers of Athens speak...
Unfortunately, the price of applying Stone's journalistic skills to the great texts was a lack of philosophical insight. Treating the ancient texts like modern-day government documents, Stone doesn't seem to have been interested in grappling with the secondary literature written on Plato and Socrates during the past millenia or two. Most egregious of all is his failure to deal with the controversial interpretations made by the man most responsible for the renaissance of classical studies in recent years...
...settlers symbolizes a basic national dilemma. For years this small but fervent group -- representing only 2% of the country's total Jewish population -- has exercised an outsize influence on Israeli politics. Even many Israelis who question the settlers' tactics agree with them that the barren hilltops of ancient Judea and Samaria belong to Israel and should be kept forever...