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...when he saw Roman Polanski’s 1995 film adaptation of the play, starring Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley, something clicked. “I really loved it. I liked the changes made to the script...
...when he saw Roman Polanski’s 1995 film adaptation of the play, starring Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley, something clicked. “I really loved it. I liked the changes made to the script...
...DIED. ROMAN TAM, 52, Hong Kong pop icon whose crooning formed the soundtrack to the city's entertainment golden age of the 1970s; of liver cancer; in Hong Kong. The flamboyant star took advantage of his mainstream popularity to shake up the city's conservative show business world, performing in drag and posing nude for a local magazine...
...lesson is not that appeasement is always a failed strategy, but that it is a limited one. The Romans used goodwill gestures throughout their history. They found that when they sent a nice urn to a ally, the goodwill gesture could signal the desire keep a close relationship. There is nothing wrong with generosity bestowed from a position of strength. But as the Israelis discovered when they withdrew from Lebanon, if the gift is seen as a concession to violence, you’re in for a lot more violence. Late in the empire, the Romans could buy off some...
...particularly enjoyed translating the works of Plautus, a comedic Roman playwright...