Word: arena
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Calls out Billy Morgan. Another in the seemingly endless series of original bicentennial plays. At the Tufts Arena Theater, on Talbot Ave. in Medford. Performances July 13-17 at 8:15 p.m. Tickets $1-$4, with student discount...
There must be a "knight in shining armor" waiting in the wings of the political arena to truly inspire the American people...
...century, the Senate was ready to vote for any bully or bribegiver who thrust himself forward. Among the worst of Emperors was Commodus, a vice-ridden brute who enjoyed fighting in the arena as a gladiator and was murdered by his favorite concubine and a wrestler. He was succeeded by the aged Pertinax, who tried to institute reforms, only to be murdered after 86 days by the unreformable Praetorian Guard. This garrison of swaggerers, who for a time held the real power in Rome, then insolently auctioned off the imperial throne to a wealthy Senator named Didius Julianus, who offered...
...need of a mentor in world affairs. Though the grand total of his officeholding experience is four years in the Georgia legislature and four years as Governor, he is not in awe of foreign policy experts. He is intellectually attracted to foreign policy problems, and sees the world arena as a very large part of the White House franchise...
...protest the language decree, groups of high school students last Wednesday attempted to organize a rally at Orlando Stadium, Soweto's main sports arena. As the placard-waving students−perhaps 10,000 strong−approached the stadium, they were blocked by a contingent of black police, led by white officers. Trying to disperse the students, the police used tear gas and then fired into the air. Only then−acting in self-defense, police officials insisted−did the troopers fire directly into the rampaging mob; one 13-year-old black boy was killed and several people were...