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Along with Herodotus - hailed here as "a marker set down against the oblivion with which time threatens all human deeds" - and Thucydides, the earliest exponent of realpolitik, Burrow devotes the first third of his book to a long line of Greco-Roman historians. He goes on to discuss "the radical and pervasive" impact of the Bible on history - for example, in the writings of the 6th century French Bishop Gregory of Tours, whom he dubs "Trollope with blood." Equally intriguing is Burrow's discussion of the secular historian Geoffrey of Monmouth, a fabricator who claimed that his 12th century account...
Syria will have few friends at the table Sunday when Arab foreign ministers convene in Cairo to discuss the crisis in Lebanon, which has been without a President for six weeks...
...Wauquiez explained, will "allow [us] to judge progress made in every area of government activity, [and] evaluate what moves and what doesn't." With those scorecards in hand, French premier François Fillon will meet with his 27 ministers and secretaries of state four times a year to discuss their performance...
This week, Thames Valley Police, the force responsible for Oxford, met with MI5, Britain's internal intelligence service, to discuss protection options. A source familiar with the discussion told TIME that the force is considering assigning Bhutto Zardari one of its personal security specialists normally dedicated to Chequers, the British Prime Minister's rural retreat, which is also in the Thames Valley jurisdiction. London's Evening Standard newspaper reported that Bhutto Zardari's protection officer will be armed. But carrying weapons seems unlikely given Oxford's past efforts to avoid police intrusiveness. Although Chelsea Clinton studied at Oxford with...
...among its members is a real impediment to any political activism.The BGLTSA’s current Co-Chair, Emily D. Donahue ’09, agrees that her organization might not be the best place for political activism. According to Donahue, when the BGLTSA held an open forum to discuss ways of improving the club last spring, people were asking whether it should even have a political role. The forum did not reach a conclusion on this matter, but Donahue has her own opinion. Regardless of what organization takes responsibility for it, students at Harvard should have the ability...