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...Vermont. Acute, cerebral and tasteful to a fault, the group have become acolytes of an eccentric Greek scholar who demands that what few pupils he takes study only his curriculum. There is Henry, rich, seductive, depraved; Francis, a homosexual with a very convenient house in the nearby hills; Athena-like Camilla and her twin Charles. Charles drinks too much, but then they all do, including Bunny, the feckless, unreliable...
Sources have said that Bee members wish toavoid the fate of the failed Athena Club, whosefounders two years ago issued an open invitationfor all women to join...
...formation of the Bee marks the second attempt by Harvard women in recent years to form an all-female social club. The Athena club, which was open to all women undergraduates, was established two years ago but has apparently failed...
Greece took steps years ago to halt further deterioration of its antiquities. Planes are barred from flying over Athens, and tourists are no longer permitted to walk into the Parthenon, Athena's exquisite temple atop the Acropolis. Still, with as many as 6,000 visitors a day clambering up the Acropolis, some parts of its rock have become so slippery and dangerous that officials have had to cover them with concrete. Marble treasures in the museum have been blackened by tourists' greasy hands. Officialdom can also be difficult: although buses have not been allowed on the Acropolis since...
...agreed to be interviewed for this story, yet both threatened legal action through attorneys. "What these guys do is take over companies, hype the stock, sell their shares, and then there's nothing left," says John Campbell, a former securities lawyer who was a director of mining company Athena Gold until Baybak and Gerbino took it over...