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...much rather occupy his time with a less stressful task, like tending crops, but he reluctantly agrees. Next thing he knows, Commodus has seized the throne and he's been condemned to die. Maximus is able to escape, but he winds up a slave in a rag-tag gladiator boot camp where the greatest thrill (aside from survival) is the chance to compete in the Coliseum. And that is exactly where Maximus, with thoughts of revenge dancing in his mind, is headed after he proves his worth on what essentially amounts to the minor league gladiator circuit...

Author: By William Gienapp, | Title: Antiquity Roadshow | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

...Lebanon. The destruction of Israel has always been a major goal of Hizballah. Neither is it logical to assume that Israel's departure will give the Lebanese a chance to rebuild their nation. The transformation of Lebanon will occur only when the country is brought out from under the boot of Syria. ADAM WIENER Great Neck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 1, 2000 | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...Unfortunately, her audition coincided with a stress fracture in her foot. "I ended up in a walking boot for three months. I did the audition with the injury, but it wasn't very good, and they said ‘we definitely like the way you look and like the way you dance, but we just need to see you when you're healthy...

Author: By Debra P. Hunter, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Dance, Little Lady: Harvard's ballerinas express themselves | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

...took Math 55, but he was so good they told him that he should start graduate classes," math concentrator Damian Wishiewski '01 said. Actually, Elkies admits that he "unfortunately" didn't attend Harvard as an undergraduate. He graduated from Columbia College in 1985, so he never took the intense, boot-camp-for-math-concentrators course known as Math 55. Although he does teach it right...

Author: By Tom Castillo, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Gnoshin' with Noam | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

...majority of Massachusetts parents have continued to accept this abominable test. Over the years they have grown used to the idea that our schools are failing and that the only way to fix the problem is to turn them into test-taking boot camps. Hopefully sooner or later, they will come to their senses, start listening to students like those in Arlington, and form a collective voice strong enough to bring down the MCAS...

Author: By David R. De remer, | Title: Editorial Notebook: The Perils of Teaching to the Test | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

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