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...according to the Lemba, was near-divine, used to store ritual objects, and borne on poles inserted into rings. It was too holy to touch the ground or to be touched by non-priests, and it emitted a "Fire of God" that killed enemies and, occasionally, Lemba. A Lemba elder told Parfitt, "[It] came from the temple in Jerusalem. We carried it down here through Africa." (See pictures of John 3:16 in pop culture...
...Rights Council to visit the island next year to inspect its notorious prisons and address its dearth of free expression. It was a concession Fidel Castro had long sneered at, and to many it was a sign that Raúl, who has ruled Cuba since major intestinal surgery sidelined his elder brother in 2006, might be willing to break with family tradition. But even as Raúl reached out to the U.N., his state security agents were arresting and roughing up dozens of dissidents who had taken sanctuary in a church after a peaceful human-rights march in the southeastern city...
...Spur Public Service" said that a donation received by the Kennedy School came from the foreign minister of Qatar. In fact, the gift, was from H.E. Sheikh Sultan bin Suhaim Al Thani, who established the fund in honor of his late father, Sheikh Suhaim bin Hamad Al Thani. The elder Al-Thani, not his son, served as foreign minister of Qatar...
...she’s carrying on her fight through the summer. In 1980, Kennedy waited until the day before the convention began to abandon a challenge to Jimmy Carter, a sitting President, although he was behind by approximately a thousand delegates. Who’s going be the elder statesman to tell Hillary she should abandon her quest to be the first woman President because she trails by a few delegates, with Florida and Michigan still uncounted...
...total of seven points.“[The freshmen are] playing well,” Stone said. “They’re keeping it simple. They know their role.”But while the rookies displayed their skills on Saturday, it was Harvard’s elder stateswomen who garnered the recognition.Harvard celebrated Senior Day following the game, acknowledging the contributions of its four players that will graduate after this semester. Caitlin Cahow, Laura Brady, Jessica MacKenzie and Brenna McLean were all honored in a post-game ceremony.Besides Cahow, a member of the United States Olympic squad...