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...scholars like Levine have begun to bring Jewish religious teaching to bear on the current crisis - which, if not completely about ethics, certainly has a large ethical component. Says Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at New York's Jewish Theological Seminary, a body of the Conservative arm of Judaism, puts it, "What any religious tradition calls on us to ask is, 'how can I make money and simultaneously be a responsible member of the society in which I live, protecting the interests of both the buyer and the seller?' Clearly that consideration was absent from this whole...
...customer was converted. "It's a brilliant design," said engineer Gerry Brinker, who plans to buy one or two for his suburban New York home. "Of course, my wife's worried about it. Between that and the iPod, she thinks she'll never see me." Pearl Brinker patted his arm. "It's all right," she said indulgently. "I'm going to get them to put in an ejector seat...
...years. "More than any other place I have been, we have a real blank-sheet-of-paper approach," says Stefanelli. Buell was the first to fit an exhaust underneath the bike so the weight stays low for better control. It was the first to put oil in the swing arm and fuel in the frame to distribute weight more evenly. And it pioneered a perimeter brake disk--replacing a central disk around the hub--that weighs a third less than the standard system. "I want every part to do at least two jobs, maybe three or four," says Buell...
...before her were not oils hardened into ridges upon a canvas, but flesh equally hardened by athletic prowess. It was as though a vital, palpitating ghost inhabited the great hall with her. She felt his mouth on her cheeks, the delicate yet rough line of kisses along her bare arm, her shoulder, her decollatage.It was true, what he had said in the stable that day. He was almighty. He would call her now, call her as she stood quivering and gasping in this great barren hall, before she had time to find Frederick and attempt to keep the pact that...
...Obama's had another advantage in these debates, one that is difficult to quantify but very real: he simply seems more comfortable, and confident, than McCain. Part of this is, sadly, attributable to the physical awkwardness imposed by McCain's war wounds and his bouts with cancer - the restricted arm movements; the scarred, clenched jaw. But there is also a pent-up anger to McCain. He seems to be concentrating so hard on trying to stay calm that he doesn't have much energy left over to answer questions in a free and creative way. He is not the sort...