Word: persians
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Says, "Thatsa a spicy meataball!" b. Received an honorary degree from a Japanese university c. Just bought the Big Ten d. Is one Persian cat away from being a supervillain...
...around that night last Ramadan, including an alleged plot to bomb U.S.S. The Sullivans when it refueled in Aden on Jan. 3, 2000. Increasing the worry this year is the flurry of preparations for the impending Inauguration of George W. Bush, the son of the man who waged the Persian Gulf War. The FBI's crisis command center is operating 24-7, with agents working through the Christmas and New Year's holidays. As the Inauguration approaches, the FBI, DOD, Secret Service and other local and federal units will run counterterror exercises in the Washington area...
...getting lost in books: the 550-555 section of the Widener stacks, full of ancient and medieval languages. The study carrels here have excellent collections: on an average day, "Modern Persian Poetry" sits between "Language and Science in Mesopotamia" and "Readings in the Cappadocian Fathers." Best followed by an exit through Widener's main entrance, slightly disoriented, around dusk: marvel at the placement of library and church in direct opposition, fodder for any epistemological crisis...
...stress of his latest campaign, to say nothing of the chaos that followed Election Day, did not have much to do with his problems last week. Nothing he went through as a candidate for Vice President, Cheney said, compared to the stress he faced as Defense Secretary during the Persian Gulf...
Antoin Sevruguin and the Persian Image is on display at the Sackler through June 10, 2001. For more information, call...