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--MIDDLE EAST Modern Aramaic (400,000 speakers) is a descendant of Aramaic, thought to have been Jesus' native tongue. Found in the Talmud, it was the main spoken language of Galilee in the 1st centuries B.C. and A.D.
Institutional racism that has plagued blacks for centuries is a direct descendant of slavery practices. Though reparations may not be the answer, Horowitz is going to have to do a better job of explaining why it is not.
The moral of this tale is "neomercantilism," the protection of one's home market against competition from abroad. The Schröder government has become quite shameless in this game, using its muscle in European councils as if it were the direct descendant of Louis XIV and his protectionist Finance...
Winthrop: Winthrop House was named for two Winthrops prominent in Massachusetts history—John Winthrop (1588-1649), the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and his descendant John Winthrop (A.B. 1732), the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Experimental Philosophy as well as acting President of Harvard from 1773...
The sewer chase should alert you that Dragon is a distant descendant of Les MisErables?with Liujian as Jean Valjean, Richard as Javert, Jessica as the prostitute Fantine and Jessica's daughter as Cosette. What's missing here is any attempt at literacy; the script's garish dialogue seems less...