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Perhaps the best example of this is also the first written reference in Western literature to a single-horned "wild ass." In the 4th century B.C., a Greek doctor named Ctesias traveled through Persia (now Iran), in the service of the Persian king, where he heard many tales from Indian...
Though the latest and most poisonous rumors about Michelle were ginned up by a pro-Clinton website, Obama knows that - notwithstanding John McCain's pledge that his own campaign will not engage in smears - more rumors can be expected in a general-election campaign. Trying to kill them with oxygen...
Yet as money floods in, Akula has tales of brewing conflict. Consider the time a bank chairman asked if SKS could raise its interest rates. Akula said yes (in most markets it has a monopoly) but that SKS wouldn't do so because it would be exploitative. The banker scoffed...
All of us—students, faculty, and administrators—have a story to tell about a transformative moment in our lives when, in a conversation with an adviser, be it a faculty member, administrator or older student, our lives were changed. And often, these tales are made even...
“I’m constantly telling my tales to my students, and I guess occasionally their hair stands on end, as it doesn’t seem possible that I’ve lived through the things I’ve lived through. It was during part...