Posted by juliagulia, at 07:36AM 12/29/06 :
Athens-Sparta - Art - Review - New York Times
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At the Onassis Cultural Center, however, the show “Athens-Sparta” throws a new light on Laconian achievements in the arts by bringing together artifacts from both city-states. The exhibition suggests that Sparta was not as artistically backward as tradition would have it; that although Athens far outshone Sparta in its proliferation of great buildings, monuments and sculptures, the Laconians fashioned fine works in metal, pottery and ivory, at least during the Archaic Period (650-480 B.C.), when Greece was in its heyday.
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· onassis
· nyc
· sparta
· athens
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Posted by juliagulia, at 09:40AM 12/22/06 :
Stephen Barr - Congress Leaves Open the Diplomat Pay Gap - washingtonpost.com
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When diplomats go abroad they take a 17% pay cut. I see how they would think that's unfair, however, depending on the country the cost of living may be significantly less expensive. The federal gov't pays federal employees across the country different salaries based on location. This doesn't seem that out of the ordinary to me. I also think that the argument the pay decrease discourages foreign travel is bogus.
tags: congress
· bill
· diplomat
· pay
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