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...Desert conditions must have helped preserve the colors of the frescoes adorning the synagogue's walls from ceiling to floor. They depict scenes from the Old Testament in vivid imagery, which is all the more incredible considering that such portrayal of the human figure is expressly forbidden in the Talmud. You can even see the hand of God pulling people up to Heaven by the hair (painful, but probably better than going to Hell). The same, slightly ominous hand, can be seen parting the Red Sea as Moses leads the Israelites through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Damascene Confusion | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...shaking, and I was so scared ... He just laid me onto the bed and had sex. It hurt," she said. "And I felt evil." Later, she went into the bathroom, swallowed the contents of a couple of bottles of over-the-counter pain pills and curled up on the floor. "I just wanted to die," she said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Polygamy Paradox | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...office building abutting a sprawling slum. When rains flooded the streets, many employees chose to stay the night rather than wade through the filthy water. Entwistle points out the Dumpster that the firm donated to the block, as well as the spot where the generator truck running the trading floor used to park. "When you're working out of a dump, you know you've really got people's loyalty," Entwistle says. Another benefit, he notes wryly: "It's not hard to get them to go out and meet clients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banking on India | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

Nathan P. Whitfield ’09 of Lowell House said he lost his bowl-shaped papasan chair, finding the identification tag that had once been on the chair lying on the floor of the storage room. But that wasn’t all. “The thing that most concerns me is the fact that in one of the storage rooms my boxes had been ripped open and my stuff had been thrown all over the floor,” he said...

Author: By William M. Goldsmith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Complain of Stolen Storage Items | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...said we’d study slaps, pushes, and grabs,” Quinn added. “We’ll ultimately learn how to step on someone’s back and slam their head into the floor. Safely...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Shop Off the Beaten Path | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

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