Word: account
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chapter 12, in which Abraham's wife Sarah is taken by the Pharaoh in Egypt, the scroll adds a detailed account of Sarah's beauty, describing her feet, legs, face and hair...
...Your account makes it obvious that in national hands there will not be a safe way of keeping world peace for an indefinite period. More thought and expense must be devoted to getting international control and abolition of nuclear weapons...
Harry Truman's account reported that the decision to fire MacArthur was unanimously endorsed by Secretary of Defense General George Marshall, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Presidential Adviser Averell Harriman, and by General Omar Bradley and his entire Joint Chiefs of Staff. MacArthur replied by accusing each of these principals of personal prejudices against him: Marshall's "enmity was an old one"; Harriman resented a heated conference in Tokyo; Acheson "had frequently exhibited petulance" because of MacArthur's interference with the State Department's "socialistic concepts" for Japan. As for Bradley, his enmity "undoubtedly...
Lack of interest in political organizations was not always a problem at the University. The following account of a Harvard Republican Club excursion to Washington, D.C., to the inauguration celebration of Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 presents quite a contrast to the current status of political activity...
...most complete. There is a good deal of duplication: the five "Books of Moses", the Psalms, and Daniel apparently were Essene favorites. Significance of the Old Testament texts rests in their verification of the tenth century Hebrew, upon which the English version is based. The Essene copies give an account nearly ten centuries closer to the original. The similarities are remarkable, though not perfect...