Word: talese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This anecdote is one of the more outrageous tales that British-born Archaeologist Brian Fagan records in this brisk and knowledgeable history of the plunder of Egypt. But it was only one of thousands of depredations, many carried out on a much grander scale. During the reign of Pasha Mohammed...
When her sometime friendship with President John Kennedy and Chicago Mobster Sam Giancana became public knowledge last month, turned up by the Senate investigation of the CIA, Judith Campbell Exner seemed sure of one thing. Appearing at a San Diego press conference, Exner, 42, assured reporters that she had no...
But if Pasolini was a martyr, he died for no cause. No one really knows who killed him, or why, but for the moment it appears to have been a killing motivated by sexual passions. The young boy who has confessed to the crime, "Pino" Pelosi, said he did it...
The Whale Show. A musical revue about 19th century whaling in Nantucket, featuring songs, tales and characterizations. At the Proposition Theatre, 241 Hampshire St., near Inman Square, through February 5. Performances Wednesday and Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
By the time he was 40, the little fairy tales had propelled Hans to the courts and palaces of Europe; in America, he was given a place with the Brothers Grimm. The comparison slighted the Dane. The Germans had collected their stories in the Black Forest; Andersen had pulled his...