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...possible that the Lemba could have migrated there from Jerusalem by a spice route - and from Senna, via a nearby port, they could have launched the long sail down the African coast. As for the Ark? Before Islam, Arabia contained many Jewish-controlled oases, and in the 500s AD, the period's only Jewish kingdom. It abutted Senna. In any case, the area might have beckoned to exiled Jews bearing a special burden. Parfitt also found eighth-century accounts of the Ark in Arabia, by Jews-turned-Muslims. He posits that at some undefined point the Lemba became the caretakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Lead on the Ark of the Covenant | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...commenting on the dearth of tables and chairs in the Sanders lobby. Despite students’ complaints, HUDS spokeswoman Crista Martin said that the number of students using the service has remained “virtually the same”—in the high 500s on busy days and in the 300s on slower days. Once the remodeling of Loker Commons—where the new campus pub, Queen’s Head, is under construction—is complete, Fly-by will return to its old home under Annenberg. According to Martin, the new Fly-by space...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Is the New Fly-By Taking Off? | 10/4/2006 | See Source »

...into service on Dec. 1, making its maiden voyage from Dubai to Sydney under the Emirates airline livery. The flight time will be 14 hours, but this tireless behemoth can handle journeys of 17 hours or more, and Emirates has additional plans to deploy its fleet of eight A340-500s on trips to North America and New Zealand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going the Distance | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...converted to a 20-to-80 scale. A student who answered every question wrong on every SAT he took and placed last in his class would have an AI of 60; one with 800s on all his SATs and first in his class would score 240, and one with 500s on all his SAT’s and around the middle of his class would...

Author: By Dan Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Keeping Score | 10/9/2003 | See Source »

...translate into big savings. According to myfico.com a typical consumer with a score of 700 would have been quoted a rate of 6% on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage last week, compared with a rate of more than 9% for someone whose score was in the low 500s. The difference could be very costly--translating into $162,177 in extra payments over the life of a $200,000 loan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Score a Better Loan | 8/11/2003 | See Source »

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