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...warriors; Spartacus, the gladiator slave who led a rebel war against the Romans, was a Thracian. And they were renowned throughout the ancient world as expert metalworkers; in The Iliad, Homer describes the Thracian King's golden armor as "a wonder to behold, such as it is in no wise fit for mortal men to bear, but for the deathless gods." With little else to go on, historians have tended to rely on ancient Greek depictions of the Thracians as a savage, tribal society that had no politics and no alphabet of its own. But after three months of digging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treasures Fit For The Kings | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

...avoid passing on an unhealthy obsession, it's wise to deal with weight and eating as health issues rather than moral ones, counsels Phyllis Cohen, a co-author of You Have to Say I'm Pretty, You're My Mother. And it's better to talk about bodies in terms of their strength and abilities rather than their appearance. If you're upset about gaining weight, Cohen urges, don't turn your anger inward. Self-loathing, most experts agree, is the root cause of eating disorders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body & Mind: Your Mirror Image? | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

...Jedi order who are suspicious of the powers that be, than it is for him to turn against those powers themselves. The Republic’s increasingly undemocratic Chancellor, like many such leaders, derives his sway from his supreme confidence that his decisions are right (as opposed to the wise but far-from-omniscient Jedi master Yoda, who is constantly wrinkling his brows in thought...

Author: By Sarah M. Seltzer, | Title: Epic Proportions | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

...been the norm for so long a time. In any case, humans everywhere engage in conflict over natural diversity. Clannishness and tribalism, for instance, both common in the rest of black Africa as sources of vicious conflict, are the offspring of the same parents as racism. Homo sapiens, the "wise man," is not yet truly wise. Majority-ruled South Africa, despite remnants of the racist era, has enjoyed remarkable stability and a robust economy, thanks largely to the singular wisdom of the African National Congress (anc) under the leadership of Nelson Mandela. The anc did not go after revenge following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/19/2005 | See Source »

...report calls for the formation of a Transition Committee, including WISE task force chair and Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences Barbara J. Grosz, to start the implementation process this summer...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Proposals To Benefit Undergraduates | 5/18/2005 | See Source »

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