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Our ill-fated camping trip, with all its drama and discomfort, was indeed really fun.
It is often remarked that Americans—hardheaded hegemons—never learn from their mistakes. Egregious lapses in foresight, ill-fated invasions and the illiberal use of diplomatic finesse are common fodder for this critique. But this coming November, voters can’t play the part of...
A good friend of mine recently told a story of ill-fated philanthropy. She’d just attended a richly-catered Harvard event and was walking home, carrying a tray of leftovers. Suddenly, it struck her that it’d be quite lovely of her to offer some...
The old men are Agamemnon (Brian Cox), a greedy Greek with an addiction to regime change, and Priam of Troy (Peter O'Toole), whom melancholy has made too wise. Priam's younger son Paris (Orlando Bloom) has run off with Helen (Diane Kruger), legendarily gorgeous young wife of Agamemnon's...
DIED. TIMOTHY THE TORTOISE, approximately 160, British navy mascot that in 1854 witnessed the bombing of Sevastopol during the Crimean War aboard the H.M.S. Queen and later served in the East Indies and China; at Powderham Castle, England. The 11-lb. veteran enjoyed a lengthy, if largely uneventful retirement in...