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...animating instrument? The English essayist Thomas Fuller composed a lovely sermonette on anger in 1642. "Anger is one of the sinews of the soul," Fuller wrote. "He that wants it hath a maimed mind... nor is it good to converse with such as cannot be angry, and with the Caspian Sea never ebb and flow." But Fuller set up sensible rules, such as this: "Take heed of doing irrevocable acts in thy passion... Samson's hair grew again, but not his eyes." He acknowledged the disfigurement: "Had Narcissus himself seen his own face when he had been angry, he could...
...first, the Norse traded locally around the Baltic Sea. But from there, says Fitzhugh, "their network expanded to Europe and Britain, and then up the Russian rivers. They reached Rome, Baghdad, the Caspian Sea, probably Africa too. Buddhist artifacts from northern India have been found in a Swedish Viking grave, as has a charcoal brazier from the Middle East." The Hagia Sophia basilica in Istanbul has a Viking inscription in its floor. A Mycenaean lion in Venice is covered with runes of the Norse alphabet...
...enclave inside neighboring Azerbaijan sparked a war between the two countries following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Talbott had been discussing a settlement to the unresolved conflict. Russia will be watching with interest because of the complex struggle for influence along the route of the pipeline pumping Caspian Sea oil to the West. Azerbaijan and Georgia's active support of the Chechens and preference for NATO makes a friendly regime in Yerevan that much more important to Moscow. But while the high stakes in Armenia's geopolitical stance may offer a context for Wednesday?s shootings, they offer...
Carter and Deutch agreed that the biggest impediment to successful use of Caspian oil would be Iran, which borders the region. Oil would most likely have to be pipelined through Iran in order to reach the world market...
Last night's forum, Allison said, marked the beginning of the Caspian Studies Program, a three-year effort to educate Kennedy School students and national politicians about the region...