These wars were celebrated in the spiraling friezes of Trajan's Column on the edge of the Trajan Forum, the first column of its kind and the first depictions of an emperor on campaign.
On one level, "The Frogs" is a joke-strewn farce similar in tone to "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," the first Broadway show for which Mr. Sondheim wrote both words and music.
The greater presence of men at this year's forum — the sixth such session since it was first held in 2005 — is emblematic not just of a growing awareness in the business world that looming skills shortages make women a vital pool of talent.
The forum, the first of its kind, was organized by corporations in concert with nongovernmental organizations on the premise that improvements in farming practices can benefit both the farmers, who receive little economic return for the toil they put in, and global producers like Hershey's and Nestlé.
The centerpiece of the trip, in addition to the début of the world's tallest building, was the Dubai Forum, the first in what is projected as a series of conferences bringing together worthies from around the world to discuss matters of weighty concern.
A group called Another World Is Possible -- one of the many groups that describes itself as fighting for "global justice" -- announced on its Web site plans to hold a series of "direct-action mass protests" against the forum ("the first such protests since the tragedies of Sept. 11").
Last month she got a shout-out in an unlikely forum: the third-quarter earnings call of Procter & Gamble.
Sulake released the figures at the The Virtual World Forum, the first European conference on virtual worlds, running in London this week.
Empty seats at the June 20 U.S. Dept. of Justice forum, the first of four.
As the dean of SPHHS, I gave the opening remarks at the forum, the first public discussion of the new report.
