Homer himself uses natural metaphors to ennoble violent human actors: Achilles is a wildfire sweeping across the Trojan plain.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Its main focus is ennobling the essence of lava as a driving force for innovation in a contemporary age, as well as celebrating its centuries-old Neapolitan craftsmanship that has led to the creation of scenographic spaces, settings and projects.
The coordinated red carpet moment also served as a reminder of the ways in which the singer enriches her daughter’s life with fashion to sentimental ends.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
4 June 2025
Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP What To Know
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has ruled out the possibility of reaching a deal with the U.S. unless Iran's right to enrich uranium is formally recognized, according to the semi-official Tasnim news Agency.
These changes would close doors for exactly the kinds of students California has pledged to uplift.
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Cipriano Vargas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 May 2025
This gem detailing the ancient underground aqueducts of Rome gives both a visual and historical account of man’s insatiable appetite to overcome nature and create astonishing engineering marvels to uplift the human condition.
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Smithsonian magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
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