classics

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I can think of a handful of classics by Whitney Houston alone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Mr. Romm, professor of classics at Bard College, is the author of “Since You’re Mortal . . . Life Lessons From the Lost Greek Plays.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

In 2015, researchers developed an AI agent capable of independently learning and mastering Atari classics such as “Pong” and “Breakout.”

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

“Hope” brings to mind several genre classics, from “Jaws” and John Carpenter movies like “The Thing,” to something more homegrown such as Bong Joon Ho’s “The Host.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

As the work began, I kept spotting people I knew of from Cambridge—the classics scholar Dilly Knox, the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin