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Forget Athens and Sparta, Sodom and Gomorrah, Dallas and Fort Worth. Of all the cities whose destinies have been twinned for one reason or another, few can match the intensity of the love-hate relationship between Paris and New York. For much of the past century, the City of Light and the City That Never Sleeps have competed feverishly for leadership in culture, couture and coolness, even as they freely exchanged influences and expatriates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tale of Two Cities | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...Corps. Borrowing a page from the Greek historian Thucydides, who observed that "a nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors has its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools," many of today's students are pushing for Sparta to make more inroads into Athens. By uniting the best students and the best soldiers, advocates say, the schools and the military - and the nation - will grow stronger. (See TIME's photos of the evolution of the college dorm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Ivy League Is Rethinking ROTC | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...without the cancerous corruption that seems to plague East European politics. We have watched him grow over the past eight years into a brilliant politician and forceful leader, who is determined to bring his country to the forefront of world affairs. I wouldn't underestimate his capability. Dan Mitchell, SPARTA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Tamed Russia | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

...without the cancerous corruption that seems to plague East European politics. We have watched him grow over the past eight years into a brilliant politician and forceful leader who is determined to bring his country to the forefront of world affairs. I wouldn't underestimate his capability. Dan Mitchell, Sparta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

...Mitchell, SPARTA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

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