Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have just taken the oath of office on the Bible my mother gave me a few years ago, opened to a timeless admonition from the ancient prophet Micah: "He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" [Micah...
...Hinduism's Maha Nirvana sect, moved toward the river bank near Allahabad where the Yamuna River meets the Ganges. Alongside marched a troop of elephants, trumpeting, their heaving bodies covered with garlands and painted symbols. Then through the police cordon flowed thousands of pilgrims from nine other ancient Hindu sects. Among them came a procession of Naga sadhus, celibate holy men who follow Shiva, the god of the forces of both life and destruction. They were all naked, except for a coating of sand and ashes, to proclaim that they have no desire for earthly possessions...
...other Old Testament books except Esther. Thus the scrolls have substantiated the reliability of traditional Bible texts and have aided new translations. Other documents such as the "Thanksgiving Psalms" and the Temple Scroll were unique to the sect. All in all, the scrolls have greatly expanded knowledge about ancient Judaism and the backdrop against which Christianity developed...
Gloria Emerson grabs hold like the Ancient Mariner. With an obsessed eye, she recalls the war that Americans lost, now receding in the collective memory -old glossaries of "hooches," "lurps." "fraggings" and "Numbah Ten." or, at home, the Armies of the Night, sheep's blood spilled on draft records, Veterans Against the War hurling their medals at the Capitol...
...they were reminded of how much they liked Hawkeye, how cute Radar is ..." In any case, as a judge in Tennessee observes, "people forget-fortunately they forget the bad things." A former CIA man concluded wearily: "It bores me, it's ancient history...