Word: ancient
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Despite the irony that the classics has become the first humanity to widely apply computers, scholars say that there is a specific reason for the technological revolution to be occuring in this ancient field. Scholars of the classics are considered to be in a small group of academics--including Biblical and Shakespearean experts--who discuss a relatively select collection of works. Thus it is possible to gather all the classics into one condensed work...
Actually, Duncan's move was rare even for the Ancient Eight. Despite the attention the Ivies pay to academics, few if any top-flight players willingly leave school for academic reasons...
...ancient rule for politicians. When far behind, rattle the chessboard and hope the pieces come down in a more promising alignment. New York Congressman Jack Kemp, struggling to reach the top rank of Republican presidential candidates, tried that gambit last week in Washington. Speaking before the 14th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Kemp demanded that Secretary of State George Shultz resign. Said Kemp: "The Shultz doctrine is not the same thing as the Reagan doctrine...
...Judgment, according to ancient religious tradition, all secrets will be revealed and all hidden sins bared. The report on Iranscam that a presidential commission is due to make public Thursday will not quite measure up to that standard. But as the torrent of leaks and revelations last week made clear, the document will lay open all manner of embarrassing foreign policy secrets and possibly point to some indictable misdeeds as well. As publication day approached, an almost palpable sense of fear settled over the , White House. Some aides went so far as to speculate that, depending on how Ronald Reagan...
...cagers were last in the Ivy League and had lost nine of their last ten games. Cornell was tied with Penn for first place in the Ancient Eight...