Word: 12th
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Abraham was born, according to tradition, into a family that sold idols--a way of emphasizing the polytheism that reigned in the Middle East before his enlightenment. The stirring first words of the 12th chapter in the Torah's Book of Genesis are God's to him and are often referred to as theCall: "Go forth from your native land/And from your father's house/And I will make of you a great nation/And I will bless those who bless you/And curse him that curses you/And all the families of the earth shall bless themselves by you." Abraham would appear...
...Gellar. His other films include Black and White (1999) and Two Girls and a Guy (1997). He received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for Bugsy (1991). I can answer this without hesitation: engineering and computer science. My knowledge in both these fields stopped around the middle of the 12th century. I think I feel this way because I never developed my instincts in these subjects like I did in about every other subject of importance. The more time has gone on, the more overwhelming and depressing the task of learning these things has seemed. These days...
...deferential treatment from the peloton that past greats like Eddy Merckx (five Tour victories) did. "Every day we come to the start with the same desire: to ride the race the way we want," said Postie Viatcheslav Ekimov, a 36-year-old Russian who was riding in his 12th Tour and helping Armstrong to victory for the third time. "But that's become more difficult. It used to be that the yellow jersey was respected. In the '90s, for example, if there was any word from the yellow jersey that we should take it easy today, everyone just agreed...
...first varsity could not match its performance from Sprints. The boat placed just 12th out of 16 in the field and could not top three Eastern crews it had beaten earlier this season...
...April 21, Cornell and its ace Sarah Sterman dealt an abrupt death blow to Harvard’s Ivy title hopes. The Crimson, which featured the 12th most productive offense in the nation this year, shouldn’t have been troubled by any Ivy pitcher. Yet Harvard couldn’t lay off Sterman’s high pitches and the mighty Crimson offense wasn’t managing much more than...