spin doctor

"Spin"是欧美政坛近年流行的一个新名词,从事有关工作的人士被称为"spin doctor"。究竟什么是"spin"?"Spin doctor"日常又做些什么呢?曾任尼克松幕僚和演讲撰稿人并在1978年夺得普利策奖的     

The renaissance of a renaissance man

Machiavelli's Virtue. By Harvey C. Mansfield (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998) xvi + 372 pp. $15.00, £11.95 paper.

From Poliziano to Machiavelli: Florentine Humanism in the High Renaissance. By Peter Godman (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998) xviii + 366. $49.50, £33.50 cloth.     

The man behind the syndrome: Sigvald Refsum

The authors attempt to solve the enigma about the possible aphasia of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus (1391–1425) in the 3-year period between his first and his second and fatal stroke. The texts of historians and chroniclers reveal that Manuel remained semi-paralyzed at bed and his motor disability alienated him from the state affairs and condemned him to isolation from all embassies and contact with others, except his family. Only the funeral oration of the Bishop Bessarion raises the suspicion of a speechless emperor. All testimonies referring to this infirmity are examined.     

解州版《金藏》募刻的重要文献——雕藏经主重修大阴寺碑考释

山西绛县“雕藏经主重修大阴寺碑”,记载了《赵城金藏》募刻的缘起、经过及补刻历程与发起人实公律师的生平,弥足珍贵。