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The cohort will be honored at a virtual ceremony on Thursday, with the princes issuing separate congratulatory messages.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
4 Dec. 2024 -
If this is how princes of the church behave, perhaps the rest of us aren’t so bad after all.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
29 Nov. 2024
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By the late third century, most emperors and many of their top officials rose from the rural peasantry through the ranks of the army.—
Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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This sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic substitutes the brother emperors Caracalla and Geta for the original’s Commodus, modeling them not only on him, but on a host of Rome’s other reputedly bloodthirsty despots like Caligula, Nero, and Domitian.—
Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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Other themes include Marvel, Disney princesses, Star Wars, and Mickey and Minnie.—
Leslie D. Rose,
Parents,
20 Dec. 2024
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Perched on top of the cake were figures of Disney princesses Cinderella, Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Sleeping Beauty in front of a circle topper behind with the outline of Sleeping Beauty’s castle painted on it.—
Emma Aerin Becker,
People.com,
20 Dec. 2024
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The Hanukkah celebration dates back to the second century BC when Greek rulers tried to force Jews to abandon their religion and adapt to Greek cultural practices instead.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Dec. 2024
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In Hammurabi's ancient Babylon, rulers were already worried about capping interest rates to protect borrowers from exploitation.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Emirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emirs. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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