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As in his other early plays, Aristophanes pokes satirical fun at the demagogue Cleon but in The Wasps he also ridicules one of the Athenian institutions that provided Cleon with his power-base: the law courts.

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As in his other early plays, Aristophanes pokes satirical fun at the demagogue Cleon but in The Wasps he also ridicules one of the Athenian institutions that provided Cleon with his power-base: the law courts.

Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009

One columnist speculated that Diana would have married into "old American money," perhaps someone with a power-base in New York, but also a horse-racing stable in the state of Kentucky.

Princess Diana at 50: Imagining What Might Have Been 2011

One columnist speculated that Diana would have married into "old American money," perhaps someone with a power-base in New York, but also a horse-racing stable in the state of Kentucky.

Princess Diana at 50: Imagining What Might Have Been 2011

One columnist speculated that Diana would have married into "old American money," perhaps someone with a power-base in New York, but also a horse-racing stable in the state of Kentucky.

Princess Diana at 50: Imagining What Might Have Been 2011

One columnist speculated that Diana would have married into "old American money," perhaps someone with a power-base in New York, but also a horse-racing stable in the state of Kentucky.

Princess Diana at 50: Imagining What Might Have Been 2011

One columnist speculated that Diana would have married into "old American money," perhaps someone with a power-base in New York, but also a horse-racing stable in the state of Kentucky.

Princess Diana at 50: Imagining What Might Have Been 2011

One columnist speculated that Diana would have married into "old American money," perhaps someone with a power-base in New York, but also a horse-racing stable in the state of Kentucky.

Princess Diana at 50: Imagining What Might Have Been 2011

For the first time, India was Standard Chartered's most profitable market, generating $624m, and overtaking its traditional power-base in Hong Kong.

Standard Chartered chief urged to relocate because of bank levy 2010

* And Michele Bachmann is a genuine national figure: HuffPo rounds up all the latest evidence and video highlights demonstrating Michele Bachmann's emergence as a national figure with her own national Tea Party power-base.

The Morning Plum 2010