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Bolstering his argument with evidence from the Classics, Palmer read a passage out of Homer’s Odyssey and said that Homer is telling the reader that “the cyclops is a savage because he doesn’t trade.”

Author: By Alexander J. Finerman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Libertarian Links Free Trade to Freedom, Peace | 4/23/2003 | See Source »

But the adaptation is what sits at the heart of this 90-minute production. The familiar obstacles of the Greek play are all present. Three hookers in a jail cell serve as the play’s Sirens, an unstable, one-eyed librarian is the Cyclops, and a mushroom tea...

Author: By Samuel H. Perwin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ART Voyages on a Hellish Highway | 3/7/2003 | See Source »

For many scientists, there were even more sweeping ramifications. They noted that in-vitro fertilization techniques may give researchers an important new laboratory tool for devising ways of coping with genetic diseases, testing new methods of contraception and, perhaps most important of all, studying close up one of nature's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 23 Years Ago In TIME | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

John Milius, the author of the original script, thought of Apocalypse as a modern Odyssey. He gave it a modern Cyclops (Robert Duvall's demented surfer stud Kilgore, who thinks napalm "smells like victory") and a group of Sirens (the Playboy Playmates who entertain the horny troops). Coppola, deep into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Apocalypse Back Then, And Now | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

THE NEW BOX-OFFICE MONSTERS Because it takes Pixar four years to make an animated film, folks there get very excited when there's actually something to see. (Steve Jobs called us many, many times.) The latest Pixar production is Monsters, Inc., due out on Thanksgiving 2001, starring BILLY CRYSTAL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 28, 2000 | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

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