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...Following Octavian's conquest of Egypt, Antony's suicide-by falling on his sword-and then Cleopatra's-perhaps with the help of the asp of legend, if not a cobra-the new emperor ordered that all statues of Cleopatra be destroyed. Most of the surviving images depict a figure with a voluptuous body and a strong face, masculine in its features, emphasizing power. Representations from old coins, particularly rare Greek ones, have helped to identify Cleopatra in marble and limestone sculptures. So, too, did the tiniest item on display-a 1.3-cm blue glass intaglio bearing Cleopatra's profile...
...students are now up on charges that they copied their work; and at U.Va., famous for its honor code, that means expulsion. The real culprit? Bloomfield blames e-mail for the cheating epidemic, which makes it easier for students to pass papers around promiscuously. He who lives by the sword...
...judges must sift through hundreds of submissions to find 17 winners. That may sound like a lot, but remember, there were some three dozen Oscars handed out this year. And the NMA stabile, in my biased opinion, looks cooler: instead of a naked man holding a sword, the victors receive an Ellie, a replica of an elephant designed by Alexander Calder...
...values. What is perhaps most surprising about Mishima is that his increasing political fanaticism barely tainted his artistic vision and judgment. The final novel in his Sea of Fertility tetralogy, for my money his greatest work, was finished the week before he sliced open his belly with a sword. Mishima is among the most cosmopolitan of Japanese novelists, although his suicide tended to reinforce our stereotypes about exoticism, fanaticism and general weirdness...
...even this is a double-edged sword: Japan's perceived economic colonialism has spurred a recent backlash. In the Philippines, workers have demonstrated over mistreatment by Japanese bosses. Anti-Japanese fervor in China has shifted from complaints about war atrocities to gripes about selling shoddy merchandise. In one case, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. recalled four-wheel-drive Pajeros in Europe and North America because of a faulty rear brake. Customers there got free repairs. Chinese owners did not. Only after a Chinese government-affiliated consumers' group filed suit did Mitsubishi agree to pay compensation. Similarly, Toshiba offered free repairs and compensation...