Word: doves
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...premier novelist of the American West, Larry McMurtry, 69, has won a Pulitzer Prize for Lonesome Dove and seen film adaptations of his work--including Hud, The Last Picture Show and Terms of Endearment--earn 26 Oscar nominations. But Brokeback Mountain was another writer's story, and, as McMurtry tells Josh Tyrangiel, he almost didn't read...
...chaste caretaker to look after her. Under divine guidance, he collects the wooden staffs of all the widowers of Israel and prays over them, awaiting a sign. One by one he returns each rod, unchanged. "But Joseph received the last rod," reads the Protevangelium, "and lo, a dove came forth of the rod and flew upon the head of Joseph." Joseph protests, saying "I am old. But she is a girl. I fear lest I should become a laughingstock." But he eventually gives...
Other accounts edited or added to the story. In one later embellishment, Joseph's staff blooms before the dove flies out: the flowering rod became his standard accessory in Western art--and is why in Mexico hollyhocks are known as varitas (little staffs) de San José. Some tales set Joseph's age at the time of the betrothal at as high as 91. Several portrayed Jesus in his father's workshop, keeping busy by magically correcting Joseph's building errors. Most alarming is The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, in which Jesus strikes dead playmates who annoy him, and other adults...
...Connor said. “Someone even had to clarify that it was the same person who was in the diving events and that it wasn’t a mistake. It is great that she can be so versatile.”Papadakis still dove in the meet as well and won both her events by a landslide. She finished first in the one-meter, winning by almost 20 points, and won the three-meter by over 30 points. Junior Annika Giesbrecht also took third in the three- meter.Senior Jane Evans was also able to bring home two first...
...small fracture of the third metacarpal on his left hand. Cusworth suffered the injury during the first half of Harvard’s 87-79 loss to Central Connecticut State on Saturday.“It was a hustle play,” Cusworth said. “I dove on the floor and got tangled up.”Cusworth stayed in the game, finishing 5-of-11 from the field for 13 points. He also added six rebounds and three blocks in the defeat.“It was adrenaline,” Cusworth said...