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...Davidson ends his book with an ominous image: While Aeschines is prosecuting Timarchus in 346 BCE for practicing homosexual prostitution in his youth—a warning sign in Athens of tyranny—he portrays an “anti-Athens” of hollow zones and derelict buildings that “lurks still in the city’s crevices” amidst “unbridled appetites and animal passions”—waiting “like the abysmal Charybdis to swallow Athens down.” It’s still eerie...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Indulgence on the Acropolis | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...University of Warwick Classics Professor James N. Davidson explains in his book “Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens,” Athenians viewed indulgence and tyranny as inextricably intertwined. Pleasure-seeking and power-seeking were often one and the same—if a man could not control his appetite for fish and sex, what would prevent him from taking over the acropolis...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Indulgence on the Acropolis | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

Ronald Reagan imposes a 49% tariff on Japanese motorcycles at the request of Harley-Davidson. Three years later, Harley says it is no longer needed, and Reagan repeals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...DAVIDSON COLLEGE Cut $10,000 in costs by using tap water at events...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colleges Find Creative Ways to Cut Back | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...three colors - black, green and red - and they weren't too sure about the red, and they weren't too sure about the green. Then the next group up is my group, the late '80s and early '90s. No Tasmanian devils, no half-naked pirate chicks or Harley Davidson-inspired stuff. Everything we were doing was like fantasy art, and all of this art kind of reflects what the customer is looking for. That's the whole reason you draw flash, so you have something prepared. We have two guys now in their early 20s, and they have actually gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jeff Johnson: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

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