Word: rome
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...motives, however, were less than pure; although he undoubtedly had a sense of the Aeneid’s unsurpassable greatness, the poem also served Augustus on a more practical level by extolling, at least on a superficial level, the greatness of imperial Rome—the Rome that Augustus personified...
...press conference with foreign journalists in Rome last Thursday, opposition leader Francesco Rutelli blasted Berlusconi, comparing his control of information in Italy to Leonid Brezhnev's in the 1970s Soviet Union. But Rutelli and his allies - who tried in vain to make conflict of interest a pivotal campaign issue last spring - are still having trouble convincing the Italian public that there is much to worry about. rai's impending change of the guard is old news in Italy, where the state broadcaster's board - as well as top newsroom posts and even minor acting jobs - have long been divvied...
TIME: Some analysts complain your latest cuts still aren't deep enough. Eddington: We could have taken more jobs out by closing down our short-haul business. That would have been a strategic mistake. Our customers fly to New York and back one week, and to Rome and back the next. We need to offer a total network, and if we don't Air France and Lufthansa will...
...Anglican Church in South Africa, called it "sinful and immoral" to deny drugs that could save the life of a child. Said Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, "We can't afford the luxury of academic debates about the causes of the disease. We are fiddling as our particular Rome burns...
...know the feeling of rushing from class to the Science Center basement, only to discover that the coursepack for “Rome of Augustus” or “Warren Court” is sold out. But luckily, it’s possible to put that coursepack on order, and pick it up within a few days, right...