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According to Greek mythology, the gods punished Sisyphus after his death by making him constantly push a heavy stone up a hill. Whenever Sisyphus neared the top, the stone would escape his grasp and roll down to the bottom of the hill, condemning the ancient king to another painful trip...
When asked which fraternity they were going to, Sara A. Miller answers "one with men." Her companion, who is sitting in the back stairwell gives her name only as "Emily" replies, "the one with Greek letters that postered." They said that Harvard parties tend not to poster, so students looking for something definite tend...
...skepticism of the Bundesbank is understandable. Its president, Karl Otto Pohl, and his cohort are still wrestling with an unfinished European Monetary System, involving commitments to support newcomers like the Greek drachma and the Portuguese escudo. But those countries, whatever their problems, are going concerns, while East Germany, whatever its potential, is nearly a basket case...
...ancient Greeks used the term "aristocracy" to describe a state governed by those whom the people considered the best and most able individuals in the state. The Harvard admissions office, much as the people of a Greek polis chose their leaders, endeavors to admit the best and most able applicants. Legacies represent a significant portion of such applicants. I was thus shocked that the Crimson editorial board wishes to end, rather then perpetuate, the aristocracy which is Harvard College...
...hard to contain because it is highly contagious, comes in many varieties, and can originate almost anywhere. It has plagued humanity at least since 412 B.C., according to an account by the Greek physician Hippocrates. By far the most devastating flu season on record was in 1918-19, when some 20 million people worldwide -- including 500,000 in the U.S. -- died of the "Spanish...