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...Hamilton define opposite ends of the political spectrum in U.S. history and seem to exist in perpetual conflict, the two men shared certain traits, feeding a mutual cynicism. Each scorned the other as excessively ambitious. In his secret diary, or Anas, Jefferson recorded a story of Hamilton praising Julius Caesar as the greatest man in history. (The tale sounds dubious, as Hamilton invariably used Caesar as shorthand for "an evil tyrant.") Hamilton repaid the favor. In one essay he likened Jefferson to "Caesar coyly refusing the proffered diadem" and rejecting the trappings, but "tenaciously grasping the substance of imperial domination...
...centered around the ancient Roman Empire,” he says. “You played against Julius Caesar. He was good, and I was never able...
...Sayin’ Something” is taught by Jones Professor of African American Music Ingrid Monson and “Race, Class and Poverty” is taught by Geyser University Professor William Julius Wilson...
...GROWTH OR VALUE? Riad Younes of Julius Baer International Equity Fund warns, "When everybody's excited about an investment idea and everybody's chasing the same goose, nobody ends up making money." That's because the return you get out of any investment depends not just on its future growth but also on the price you had to pay to get in. And the Chinese stock market, at least for now, is dangerously overpriced. There's nothing wrong with having an indirect stake in China through a diversified, low-cost foreign fund like T. Rowe Price International Stock, Vanguard Total...
...different, Manchurian Candidate--like story about a war veteran hired to assassinate a President, but Sondheim remembered it years later when he was discussing ideas with Weidman, his collaborator on Pacific Overtures. Their first thought was to create a musical about assassinations through history, starting with Julius Caesar. They eventually narrowed it to assassins of U.S. Presidents--each of whom gets a moment in the spotlight, voicing grievances both real and imagined, poignant and farcical. Sondheim sees the show as a comment on the dark side of the American Dream. "If you are led to believe that...