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...ever be chosen. To begin with, Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, Sam Brownback and other ideologues on the fringe of the GOP are each excessive in their own ways, whether overzealous in hopes of a smaller government, more stringent immigration laws, or the criminalization of abortion. They are the Augustus Gloops of this election: Just as Gloop was eliminated from the contest first because of his excess, these candidates will drop out early (or already have) because of a similar flaw. Next is former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, who, as the son of a former Michigan governor grew up with...
...grey floor. The weight of the candy is predetermined, but the curator is allowed to determine the dimensions of the pour. I’m tempted to throw myself into it like a newly coronated prince into his gold coins, or at least to grab a greedy handful like Augustus Gloop in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” But instead I stand tentatively on the brink, unsure of what is allowed here. We typically see art as untouchable, and are required to keep a physical distance, if not an emotional one. I shrink back...
...Just as young emperor Romulus Augustus met a sudden and abrupt deposal at the hands of Odoacer to mark the beginning of Ancient Rome’s epic collapse, so too did the Crimson meet a cruel fate, falling to the curiously acrobatic Brown Bears 3-2 in overtime...
...Augustus Richard Norton had written my high school history books, I may have developed a more favorable outlook on the subject. As it is, he did not, and now I must accept that in the field of historical knowledge, I have a rather arbitrary appreciation for the study of Hezbollah, a Lebanese political organization that is often simply described as a terrorist group. In “Hezbollah: A Short History,” Norton, a Boston University professor who formerly served as a United Nations military observer in the region, draws upon his years of study to deliver...
...said, “quite similar to that of the emperor in ancient Rome.” She was, however, “mildly annoyed” with the authenticity of the event. “Being currently enrolled in the class, ‘Rome of Augustus,’ in which we read several primary sources dealing with the assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar, I can safely say...this is wrong,” Geselowitz said. Asked why, she responded definitively, “because they are wearing bedsheets.” As for the climax...