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...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 »

...come from a fairly small number of firms, including Swiss-Dutch companies Vitol and Trafigura and India's Reliance Industries. New U.S. sanctions would force those companies to choose between doing business in the U.S. or doing business with Iran - a no-brainer for most firms. "They have bigger fish to fry [than Iran]," says Mark Fitzpatrick, a former State Department official and now director of Nuclear Nonproliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. "They all have bigger markets elsewhere, including in the U.S." Indeed, even talk of a refined-petroleum blockade convinced British Petroleum to halt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Badly Would Sanctions on Gas Imports Hurt Iran? | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

Called by God to tell the city of Ninevah to repent, Yonah famously ran away on a ship only to be swallowed by a large fish...

Author: By Emily M. Boggs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lecturer Probes Jewish Story | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

...were men, women were men in drag, and illegal aliens were from space.”Opening at the New College Theatre on February 5, 2010, “Commie Dearest” includes such characters as 50s housewife and witch Sadie Magicword, Cuban diner owner Desi Speakenglish, half-fish Marlin Monroe, and gay ballplayer Doug Out—all acted by men, as per HPT tradition. The villains of the show, Communist sympathizer Pink Lady Bobbie Sox and nefarious Communist potato Spud Nick, devise a plan to freeze the world. The co-writers are working tirelessly to ensure that...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pudding Caught Red-Handed with Plans for New Show | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...understand their concern for large pets, dogs and cats, but for fish, turtles, hamsters, no reason to,” said this student’s girlfriend, who share what they consider joint custody of their two hamsters, Hammie and Marshmallow, and a rat they rescued from certain death at a Harvard...

Author: By Anna M. Yeung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Meet My Little Pet | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

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