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`Glass Crown' breathes life into ancient Rome
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The Glass Crown By Colleen McCullough. Morrow. $23.
Once again, Colleen McCullough has swashed vibrant human drama
across the textured canvas of ancient Rome. Horrific scenes of
unbridled human passions - bare-handed dismemberments, mass murders,
brutal floggings - erupt naturally out of the war mentality that
defined the people and events of that period.
The Glass Crown begins where McCullough's epic The First Man in
Rome ended and covers the period from 99 to 86 B.C. Gen. Gaiu...
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`Glass Crown' breathes life into ancient Rome
Chicago Sun-Times
; The Glass Crown By Colleen McCullough. Morrow. $23. Once again, Colleen McCullough has swashed vibrant human drama across the textured canvas of ancient Rome. Horrific scenes of unbridled human passions - bare-handed dismemberments, mass murders, brutal floggings - erupt naturally out of the war
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'Carp' Diem : The Eternal City suffers an acute crisis of identity.(Rome, Italy)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
Newsweek International
; From the Ponte Sisto in Rome, the view of St. Peter's is postcard perfect. The ancient bridge across the Tiber was built from remnants of various pillages--a chunk of marble from the Colosseum, a cornerstone from an ancient temple. Savor the moment but avert your eyes from the river. This summer it
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ROME SPRUCES UP 700 restoration projects are underway for Jubilee
The Boston Globe
; ROME -- If age determines rank among European cities, and it does, Rome looks down its nose on everyone. Paris? Yawn. Most of the Paris we know today was created in the middle of the last century by Baron Georges Eugene Haussmann, who razed the old warrens of that city to build his grand boulevards
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HBO EMPIRE BUILDS HOPES AROUND 'ROME'
Rocky Mountain News
; HBO, like Rome, wasn't built in a day. And perhaps such a comparison hasn't been lost on executives of the premium channel who have spent $100 million over 14 months to produce a saga about the famed ancient empire. Thanks to several popular, long-running series, HBO has established a cable empire
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PERSISTENCE PROVES ROME WAS NO PUSHOVER
The Boston Globe
; Jim Rome has grown up before our eyes - well, before the eyes of those viewers who didn't reach for the clicker for good seven years ago. On a memorable day in 1994, an acerbic, in-your-face Rome had NFL quarterback Jim Everett as an in-studio guest on a show called "Talk2" on ESPN2. Rome's
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Rome, If You Want To; Boxing News Conference, Female Division
The Washington Post
; There's no question that Jim Rome has enough personality to carry "Rome Is Burning," his one-man show that airs Tuesday nights on ESPN. In fact, Rome seems to take on entirely separate personalities throughout the show, just as he does on his hugely successful radio show, where his "clones" deliver
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A Writer's Rome: From Goethe to Gogol, Exploring the City's Literary Haunts
The Washington Post
; In the past, our wanderings through Rome had always been random and unfocused. Inspecting an ancient doorway or fountain, peering into a hidden courtyard or just participating in the vivid pageant of Roman street life were all right up our vicolo. But inspired by the Roman experiences of Hawthorne,
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Euro industry runs for the seven hills.(ITALO CINEMA: ROME)(Rome Film Festival)
Variety
; ... not-completely-fabricated friction with Venice. Last year a lot was made of a supposed conflict, said the mayor at the fest's opening news conference. But now that Venice has had an especially great edition, we will have a great one as well, and everyone will realize ...
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Q&A: Bernie Rome
Vermont Business Magazine
; ... keep the children. VBM: Should state government take action to protect schools against the kind of violent that has been in the news? ROME: No, I'd much prefer to see the local people handle their problems. VBM: What standards should be applied in the judicial ...
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Star Tribune 1996 Metro Player of the Year; A nose for the volleyball Chaska's Amanda Rome already has been a part of two state- championship teams and could make it three by the end of this week. The feisty Rome always is making things happen on the court - or occasionally breaking things up off it.(SPORTS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; Amanda Rome typically is in the middle of things, whether she wants to be or not. Chaska's volleyball team revolves around the junior setter/outside hitter. Friends - and even some volleyball opponents - surround her to enjoy her engaging, offbeat sense of humor. And then there was that fight. This
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