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...Christian past. When Sigma Chi was founded in 1855, the cross was immediately adopted as its symbol, with the accompanying motto, In Hoc Signo Vinces—in this sign you will conquer. Both the symbol and the phrase were taken from a legend about Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome, who supposedly saw a cross in the sky before going to battle...
...founded republic in 1923. But 2,700-year-old Istanbul is used to comebacks, and today the city is enjoying a massive revival, thanks to a deft mix of old and new. Driving toward the city center from the new airport, you pass through 5th century walls built by Emperor Theodosius II. Downtown, Roman, Byzantine and Otto-man ruins jostle next to trendy clubs and restaurants. Just around the corner from a five-star hotel is one of the city's cacophonous street markets. For most Turks, Istanbul will always be the capital. The port city boasts Turkey's best...
...Patrick did get Nic into the music business. At 15, the lad performed karaoke for an executive of Emperor Entertainment Group, a Hong Kong artist management and recording company. He left school to pay homage to the music muse, and after a rough start?"For two years I had nothing but crap thrown at me"?he skyrocketed as a new Prince of Canto-pop. This year he won a World Music Award as China's top-selling artist. And a poll of 1,343 Mainland students found him to be the fourth highest-ranking "idol," after Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong...
...monopoly on power. Now that Beijing has struck its deal between economic freedom and political restriction, the virus looks as if it is moving the other way. So what, the Hong Kong administration may say, if we lock up a few dissenters to burnish our credentials with the emperor to the north provided he gives us some economic advantages to pull us out of our slump...
...leave things to the end. The work will be done. A relaxed national character is not what's causing most delays. Protests are the problem. Dig nearly anywhere in Athens and you come across antiquities, like the fragments from a second century A.D. Roman aqueduct built by the Emperor Hadrian discovered on the site of the Olympic Village. After delays caused by negotiations with the department of antiquities, Olympic officials decided to include the ancient ruins as part of the village's design. Want to build a sailing center on the site of the Battle of Marathon? Not so fast...