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...Genesis contains the only known account from the ancient Middle East of the creation of woman -- six times as long as the story of Adam's advent from a "mud pie." Furthermore, the women of the Pentateuch (Eve, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Tamar, Zipporah) are strong; none of the men (Abraham, Jacob, Moses) are particularly good looking. Circumstantial evidence, but in an era of enhanced interest in feminist creativity, it is not very hypothetical to assume that Bloom's work will draw a wide and interested audience...
...Abraham L. Wickelgren '91, of Quincy House, said he has had his phone disconnected twice this semester for no apparent reason. Kamran Rokhsar '94, of Straus Hall, said that the phone in his room would only take incoming calls for several days last week...
...speech rife with references to prominent Americans from Abraham Lincoln to Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, Kemp said that the Republicans best represent the interests of Massachusetts voters today...
...fact than in its eloquence. Was it the gravity of the event that inspired politicians, generals and common citizens alike to such memorable words? "It is well that war is so terrible," said Robert E. Lee during the Battle of Fredericksburg. "We should grow too fond of it." Abraham Lincoln was inspiring even in his black moods ("If there is a worse place than hell, I am in it," he said at one low point) and his caustic ones. "If General McClellan does not want to use the Army," he complained of his dithering military chief, "I would like...
...didn't expect to hear some campaign words played back to me, and it's been fairly intense," Bush remarked at a press conference Friday. Under repeated taunting, however, he compared himself with Abraham Lincoln, who had once said, "We must think anew." Even then, Bush turned down what amounted to a dare to say, in so many words, "We have to raise taxes." Nonetheless, he gave a rationale for accepting a boost: new revenues, said Bush, are a necessary part of any compromise package to cut the budget deficit, and a lower deficit in turn is essential to bring...