Thursday, March 15, 2012

Ides of march

  • Today is the Ides of March. It marks only one particularly memorable instance of a time someone was offered advice and did not take it. There are almost infinite examples of this.
  • (Washington Post)
  • If he could have, William Shakespeare would have tweeted it himself: Beware the Ides of March. Instead, others are handling that duty for him today on Twitter. The Bard actually issued his warning in Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Beware the Ides of March.
  • (ABC News)
  • "Beware the Ides of March" would have been a good warning for the dollar or oil futures this year, but U.S. stocks did just fine Thursday after economic reports offered evidence that the recovery continues.
  • (Marketwatch)
  • The Ides of March returned to the halls of Taunton High School on Thursday. The event — which has occured annually for the past 50 years — commemorates the death of famed Roman leader Julius Caesar, who was assassinated on March 15, 44 B.C.
  • (Abington Mariner)
  • Today is the Ideas of March, a day oft-cited as filled with grim portent. The days ominous nature is drawn from the words of a soothsayer in Act 1, Scene II of Shakespeares Julius Caesar. Its a rather obvious bit of foreshadowing.
  • (Baltimore Sun)
  • The Top 5 Traitors in video games know exactly how to get close to you before putting a knife in your back. We've lined up a cast of characters that would make Caesar think twice about that trip to the forum.
  • (G4 TV)
  • I greet you on this dawning of my own personal annual political holiday, The Ides of March – my commemoration of that day 2,055 years ago when the aristocrats in the Roman Senate imposed terminal term limits on Julius Caesar.
  • (2012 - DAILY KOS)
  • Modern day Caesars, sometimes known as chief executives, should beware the Ides of March.
  • (Sydney Morning Herald)
  • Is everyones bracket filled out? Has everyone gotten to safety? Who has popped the champagne early? For it is the Ides of March, and quite frankly, the Wilpons are doomed.
  • (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog))

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