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...century Greek historian Herodotus - describe a city that extended for 14 miles (23 km) in each direction, divided in the middle by the mighty Euphrates, and fortified by five sun-dried mud-brick walls, each up to 23 ft. (7 m) thick. The walls guarded a spectacular inner city, whose grand streets ran parallel to the river. Between 1899 and 1917, German archeologists unearthed decorative elements that demonstrate the importance of Nebuchadnezzar's cosmic vision. Along Babylon's main thoroughfare, the Processional Way, there were palaces whose glazed bricks were adorned with 120 images of lions to honor Ishtar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Babylon: Visions of Vice | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...Giersch said she has been waiting for NIH funding for two years while the inner ears of the mice she already dissected remain unused in her freezer. Giersch just submitted another grant application last week...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Leaders Challenge NIH Funding Drought | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...book, you talk about the "inner primate." What's that? I first heard it from Gary Wilson, a teacher at the school. And he just means that we're really aware of hierarchy and rank. We don't like to be pushed around. On the flip side, we like to push around. Trainers have to really fight that urge because their relationship with their animals should always be cooperative. They're not trying to get them to do anything as a reflection of the trainer's ego or to just show that they're in charge. You really have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shamu Lady Is Back! | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...After years of battling the scandal machine that Hillary Clinton once called the "vast right-wing conspiracy," she and her inner circle feel well prepared for this sort of fight. Students of the Clintons' long career have noted that they do better in a scrape. Combat brings them to the balls of their feet; by contrast, they tend to spring leaks on calm seas. Clinton's successful attacks broke Obama's 12-win streak that had buoyed him through a month of victories, and her advisers now feel they have put a stick in the spokes of his momentum. "They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Collateral Damage | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...tapping into his inner 19-year-old, Hillary Clinton was winning three states out of four on the charge that Obama just wasn't man enough to protect the country from its enemies, foreign and domestic. In her mockery of Obama for his pretty speeches and airy promises, Clinton's subtext was always clear: you may like the music, but this guy is nowhere near tough enough for this job. It was a charge made explicit by the Red Phone ad, whose very existence testified to her own toughness: I'm prepared to do anything, including hand John McCain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Play Offense? | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

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