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While Mitten researches the development of ancient Greek society, Lawrence E. Stager '65, Dorot professor of the archaeology of Israel, has been putting together clues about ancient seafaring cultures of the Near East...
...Israelis during their occupation. If the Egyptian government's plans go according to projections, some 565,000 tourists -- an almost 1,800% increase -- will arrive every year. What is wrong with that? That part of the Sinai is a wilderness populated mostly by Bedouins and the 17 Greek Orthodox monks at St. Catherine's monastery. Egypt urgently needs hard currency. The other tourist sites, the pyramids at Giza, the temples at Luxor, are overwhelmed by foreigners. Why not open up a sluice of tourism to the Sinai...
Before this empire was even born, the fertile steppe north of the Black Sea was repeatedly swept by nomadic tribes from Central Asia. The first known invaders were the fierce Scythians, who swarmed in from the east around 700 B.C., driving out the resident Cimmerians. The Greek historian Herodotus, who lived for a time in the Black Sea trading post of Olbia, wrote with a shudder that the Scythians' customs "are not such as I admire." Among them: human sacrifice, blinding of slaves and drinking from the skulls of fallen enemies. Still stronger tribes kept invading and conquering this region...
...fact, good grades are required of all members of Rho Nu Chapter of AOA. The first of all traditionally Black Greek-lettered fraternities, AOA has a long and distinguished history of public service. Despite its relative youth, Rho Nu Chapter has already begun a large-scale involvement with the Salvation Army, local churches and the Upward Bound programs of Harvard and MIT. The most recent line will continue AOA's commitment to serving the Cambridge community...
Jimmy the Greek. Al Campanis. Jackie Mason. Add the name of Andy Rooney to the roll call of media loose lips. The furor keeps escalating over Rooney's 90-day suspension from CBS for his comments about gays and his alleged remarks about blacks. Minority groups are grumbling about fairness, pundits are punditing about the First Amendment, and the network has received more than 4,000 calls, almost all of them urging Rooney's reinstatement...