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Solid 'Salammbo' at the Bastille
International Herald Tribune; 5/27/1998; David Stevens; 423 words
; ... state of crisis. The mercenaries hired by Hamilcar are grumpy about not being paid. Two ... for power and for the love of Salammbo, Hamilcar's daughter and leader of a peaceful cult ... really has. Gidon Saks was a powerful Hamilcar, Patrick Raftery (Matho) and Stephen O' ...
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Newly named buffalo came economy-sized: Field IDs bones from Philippines
Chicago Sun-Times; 10/17/2006; Andrew Herrmann; 426 words
; ... mammals at the Field. Yet the experts will take a look. And in the case of the box of bones brought to them by Chicago physician Hamilcar Intengan, it's a good thing they did. Intengan's curiosity has helped lead to the discovery of a previously unidentified species ...
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births
The Washington Post; 8/18/2005; 181 words
; ... 20850. For more information, call 301-294-2600. Chase Reilly Holahan, a daughter, to Meredith Pierson Holahan and Matthew Hamilcar Holahan of Bethesda. Jake Matthew Cannistra, a son, to Julie Marie and Daniel Joseph Cannistra of Chevy Chase. Isabella Luella ...
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Jumbos at a high altitude
The Spectator; 3/20/1999; Bagnall, Nigel; 650 words
; ... ended in 241 BC after the Romans had driven Hannibal's father, Hamilcar Barca, out of Sicily and forced the Carthaginians to accept ... son to revenge this stain on his own and Carthaginian honour, Hamilcar Barca moved his family power base to Spain where he would no ...
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Letter: Jeeps in the sky.(Letters)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 11/19/2004; 118 words
; ... behind a Whitley bomber. It actually became airborne but the test pilot collapsed with exhaustion on landing. Instead, huge Hamilcar gliders were used to carry Jeeps during the airborne invasion. One can only imagine the Germans' surprise at Jeeps landing ...
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Elephant man.
The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/6/2006; 787 words
; ... The Carthaginian commander in Sicily, Hamilcar - nicknamed 'Barca', or 'Lightning ... Hannibal. After the sacrifice had been made, Hamilcar asked the boy if he wished to sail for Spain as well. Hannibal eagerly nodded. Hamilcar then ordered his son to lay his hands ...
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(book reviews)
The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/1996; Niemeyer, Hans Georg; 719 words
; ... between a mercenary army under the Carthaginian aristocrat, Hamilcar, and joint Greek forces under the Syracusan tyrant, Gelon ... Privat-Krieg, see p. 71). In this case, it was a campaign of Hamilcar whose aim it was to restore to his friend Terillos the lost ...
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Comelec hearing set on petition to replace Task Force Abra.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin; 2/5/2007; 337 words
; ... scheduled to be arraigned before a regional trial court in Quezon City. When asked by Abalos when Valera could be available, lawyer Hamilcar Bigornia said he was not authorized to answer questions and his authority was only to file the motion for postponement. Brawner ...
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Hannibal's epic letdown; Hannibal (BBC1); Doctor Who (BBC1).
The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/15/2006; 787 words
; ... before him: here was a great general but a hopeless politician. As a nine-year-old boy, Hannibal swore an oath to his father, Hamilcar Barca, a Carthaginian general whose army was defeated by the Romans in Sicily in the first Punic War, that he would devote ...
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Trilogy with dose of magic and religion
New Straits Times; 3/24/2002; Reviewed by Jesmime Kaur; 503 words
; ... Palatine, Ukmadorian, the Provost of the Citadel of Shadow, and Hamilcar, a merchant who at first seems ruthless, but who later surprises ... Heresy's saving grace lies in characters like Raveena and Hamilcar, because these are the only characters who provide an element ...
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