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...Several pupils thought that Sodom and Gomorrah were lovers; that the four horsemen appeared on the Acropolis; that the Gospels were written by Matthew, Mark, Luther and John; that Eve was created from an apple; that Jesus was baptized by Moses; that Jezebel was Ahab's donkey; and that the stories by which Jesus taught were called parodies...
...Cart & by Truck. Colombia's five largest metropolitan areas average 6% annual growth, while the country's population as a whole gains only 3% annually. Sao Paulo accepts 5,000 newcomers each day. They arrive in donkey carts, on buses and flatbed trucks, hungry, weary and expressionless. Some cannot write their own names; in the Andean countries many of the migrants speak only an Indian dialect. But they hope for food and jobs, have heard of new factories, schools and hospitals in the big cities. Above all, there is the knowledge that things cannot get worse...
...took their quarrel to the city-state of Abdera, which soon divided itself on the question until civil war seemed imminent. The problem was solved when the people set upon what they considered to be the real troublemaker-the donkey-and consequently tore him into a thousand pieces...
...Bible. Its Finger-Fono system plays scriptural extracts on a lightweight plastic player whose turntable is spun by a finger-powered lever. But mostly the word is spread by the Society's volunteer workers and colporteurs, hawkers of Holy Writ who carry Bibles, pamphlets and records by donkey and jeep, camel and subway in 123 different countries...
...surgeon and cancer specialist; she for the third, he for the second time; in a highly informal ceremony conducted by her 85-year-old father over the dining room table at his Flat Rock, N.C., home, followed by a civil marriage in Washington. Carl's wedding presents: one donkey, named Picco, three goats, named Rama, Rowan, and Fleur...