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...temporarily returned Moses to his natural mother to be breast-fed; it is Miriam who danced for joy at the crossing of the Red Sea. She is one of only four women the Hebrew Bible describes as a prophetess. Moses clearly loves her. At one point, she and Aaron complain about Moses' marriage to a "Cushite," which some scholars believe meant a black woman. But when the siblings challenge their brother's prophetic authority, God punishes Miriam with leprosy. Moses, however, intercedes on her behalf...
...natural for those who are getting the short end of the stick in any situation to complain. But it is not often that those who are wildly successful within the current system actively oppose it. Yet in spite of the way he made his money, Soros is now preaching a doctrine directly opposed to the fundamentals of modern economics which he has practiced so successfully...
While many students say the topical organization is interesting, others complain that they lose sight of the big picture when they study works of art in non-sequential order...
This article, however, wasn't written to complain about past injustices. It protests continuing inequalities. To quote one of the many actresses who have written to or spoken to me about this subject: "I don't really hold it against [various current staff] that they do not see the evils they support...It's maddening. I struggle with it all the time. I walked out of the Pudding show at intermission last year and (stereotypically, perhaps, but honestly) cried...
...unhappy place with Benjamin Netanyahu -- in the spotlight of Palestinian anger. At least 40 people were wounded Monday in clashes over the prisoner release issue, but Israel's freeing of petty thieves rather than political prisoners is in keeping with the letter of the Wye Accord. "Arafat may complain that it violates the 'spirit' of Wye, but there was no spirit in this agreement," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "The accord was negotiated in bad faith and neither side will do anything they're not compelled...