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...find a cracked, oversize skull in the Valley of Elah, it can be hard to resist the thought that it might have belonged to Goliath, or to imagine, while excavating the cellars of a Byzantine church, that the discovery of a few wooden splinters might be part of the cross on which Christ died. This milder malady is nothing new. In the mid-19th century, British explorers who came to Jerusalem with a shovel in one hand and a Bible in the other used the holy book as a sort of treasure map in the search for proof of Christianity...
...Some see Amazon's biggest growth coming from further expansion into electronics, apparel and consumer products, ranging from shampoo to groceries. Amazon's ability to cross-sell products to existing customers is powerful. "When you've got an account opened at Amazon and they have your credit-card information and they also happen to have some of the lowest prices, it's very easy to start buying on Amazon items that may be outside people's traditional products that they buy online," says Sebastian. "I've been buying diapers from Amazon - not just the books that I would have bought...
...think it’s a great way to build a community—she’s represented a great cross-section of CGIS,” he said...
...mail that she was excited by the changes in concentration requirements within the English department, which are moving “away from ‘Brit Lit’ and ‘US Lit’ and toward courses that follow literary works as they cross national boundaries...
...metal seams with an explosion of family possessions. A lifetime’s collection of life-size Care Bears held the backseat captive while everything from pillows to plates occupied the remaining space. This car and its contents were the earliest of our things to be transported in a cross-country move from Livermore, Calif. to Wellesley, Mass. It was the first to take the plunge...