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...proposal would trim the seven possible tracks within the concentration to two: classical languages and literatures, which would emphasize reading knowledge of Latin and Greek, and classical civilizations, which would encourage greater study of history, philosophy, and archaeology...
Although classics professors have yet to iron out the details, they voted to move forward with a plan spearheaded by the director of undergraduate studies, professor Mark J. Schiefsky, which would simplify the requirements and make them more accessible to students who have not studied Latin or Greek in the past...
...fantastic Harvard students who are put off by the concentration because they don’t have a background in Latin or Greek,” said Emma Dench, a professor of classics and history. “That broke my heart...
...harder time whipping up anti-yanqui< fervor among his supporters now that the more liberal Barack Obama is about to replace Chávez's conservative archenemy, George W. Bush. "Chávez is envisioning tougher times ahead," says John Walsh, a Venezuela expert at the Washington Office on Latin America, an independent think tank. "In order to gin up his base, he decided he better do this now rather than later, while he can still muster a majority of the vote. He knows that time may not be on his side...
...critics, of course, fear that if he's allowed indefinite re-election, he'll simply morph into another Fidel Castro. Despite - or because of - the Cuban leader's longevity in power (or the record of other would-be rulers-for-life), Latin Americans look askance at lifetime presidencies. That's why even voters next door in Colombia look set to deny their remarkably popular conservative President, Alvaro Uribe, a third term when his second expires in 2010. Chávez does have an authoritarian streak and is indeed a gushing admirer of Castro, and with the legislature and judiciary firmly...