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Abraham's life becomes very eventful. He travels to Egypt and back and alights inCanaanite towns that may correspond topresent-day Nablus, Hebron and Jerusalem. He grows rich, distinguishing himself sometimes as a warrior king and sometimes as an arch-diplomat. At one point, three strangers appear at his tent. A model of Middle Eastern hospitality, he lays out a feast. They turn out to be divine messengers bearing word that God intends to destroy Sodom, where his nephew Lot lives. Abraham initiates an extraordinary haggling session, persuading the Lord to spare Sodom if 10 righteous people can be found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Legacy of Abraham | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...direct. Sea Change, his seventh and best album (out this week), is a simple affair. It's a breakup record--almost all the songs are ballads--with a slight country-blues feel. There's little of Beck's trademark musical schizophrenia and none of his arch humor. "I just wanted the record to be simple and clean," he says. "I wanted economy in the lyrics, and I wanted the songwriting to be very, very straightforward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beck Gets (Kind Of) Blue | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...Crimson, the defending ECAC champion, came in second in both the Coaches’ and Media polls, slotted behind its arch-rival, the Big Red of Cornell...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Second in ECAC Polls | 9/24/2002 | See Source »

...Israelis are signaling that the name "Operation Matter of Time" was a carefully chosen message. While Washington's need for allies on the eve of an Iraq operation may restrain Sharon for now, there's a countervailing pressure in the need to look tougher-on-Arafat than his arch-rival in the Likud Party primary race, former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And once a U.S. invasion of Iraq gets underway and Palestinian attacks on Israelis continue, the chances of finding Arafat in Ramallah diminish exponentially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israeli Siege Complicates U.S. Iraq Plans | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...boost to the Crimson’s intangibles comes at an opportune time given that tonight’s opponent is arch-nemesis UConn, who Harvard has beaten just twice in 25 all-time meetings. When the two schools faced off three years ago, the Huskies were ranked No. 1 in the nation...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Undefeated Field Hockey Faces UConn in Prime Time | 9/18/2002 | See Source »

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