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...gadgets in pubs, furtive traders today knock at the backdoor of upscale restaurants offering a new contraband: caviar. London's hordes of Russian oligarchs and hedge-fund yuppies have sent demand soaring for "black gold," with top varieties such as Beluga now selling for over $3,000 a kilo, whilst the rarest varieties, such as Almas ($50,000 per kilo), whose eggs are white, have a four-year waiting list. The soaring demand for sturgeon roe has created lucrative opportunities for "caviar cowboys," who sell illegally smuggled caviar to unscrupulous chefs willing to turn a blind...
...Jesus Christ I worship would be on the side of those who persecute an already persecuted minority. That we should be tearing ourselves apart on this issue of human sexuality when the world faces such devastating problems as poverty, AIDS and conflict seems as if we are fiddling whilst our Rome is burning...
Sure, Stephen Greenblatt’s book on Shakespeare was “kind of a big deal.” But few things are more impressive than English department superstars taking to the stage as characters from Shakespeare—whilst reading their unlearned lines directly off a sheet of paper. “Love and Cruelty” was both the theme and title of the show, which meant that TFs and professors had to interact in a rather uncomfortable and unfamiliar context. A scene from Richard III starring Professor Daniel G. Donoghue as Lady Anne playing opposite...
...bells and whistles, the Ministry of Economy announced the sorpasso: Italy’s GDP had overtaken Britain’s.Since then, however, it has all been downhill. Italian financial scandals, such as the implosion of the dairy colossus Parmalat have made Enron and WorldCom look like sound companies. Whilst American CEOs appear with aplomb in front of a myriad of courts, dubious Italian executives choose instead to run for office thanks to Berlusconi’s help. Not only did the Prime Minister push a law forcing voters to cast ballots for parties instead of individuals, thus omitting...
Well into her second semester at Harvard, Sally still struggles with her new classes. Yet, whilst the great majority of our seminar students continue with the same class this term, she decided she could not do it anymore. For this not to repeat itself, it is only fair to demand the tools for someone to truly access education, and cross her own gates toward “growing in wisdom...