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...Kibaki will actually share power. They remember 2005, when Kibaki dismissed many members of his Cabinet - including Odinga - because it was riven by internal strife. The political deal has brought many of those same faces back to power. "What we are seeing is not a new situation," says Barasa Tiberius, a senior analyst at the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research. "We are seeing history repeating itself. How can they stick together now if they differed on the way forward last time...
...brothels on Beacon Hill and renewing the city’s commercial center with what we now know as Quincy Market. Quincy succeeded the beloved but increasingly inept John Thornton Kirkland, Class of 1789, and Samuel Eliot Morison, Class of 1908, notes of the transition that “Tiberius succeeded Augustus.” Quincy got things done, but he was not loved, and one of the few artifacts of his presidency that remains is his stout walking stick with which he was known to thrash errant undergraduates...
...your listing of key issues facing Syria [WORLD, Oct. 18], you noted, "In talks with Israel, Syria seeks [water] rights to Lake Tiberius and the Jordan River." The correct name is Lake Tiberias, as it is named after the famous ancient city of Tiberias and not after Tiberius the Roman Emperor. Most readers may be more familiar with the name Sea of Galilee. It is also called Lake of Gennesar in ancient sources, after the settlement on the northwestern coast of the Sea of Galilee. If names mean anything, then these clearly connect this body of water with geographic areas...
...STAR TREK FANS, THE MEMORY STILL HURTS. IT WAS A Saturday Night Live sketch eight years ago, and William Shatner -- the indomitable Captain James Tiberius Kirk from the original TV series -- was playing himself making a guest appearance at a Star Trek convention. After fielding a few dumb questions from the nerdy, trivia-obsessed fans, he suddenly exploded: "I'd just like to say Get a life, will you, people?! I mean, for crying out loud, it was just a TV show...
Characters like Captain James Tiberius Kirk, Chewbacca and Dr. Who have become well-known pop culture figures...