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...hero too? Claes Molin Gothenburg, Sweden Celebrating Arab Scholars Re Your interesting article "Ahead Of Their Time," on the Paris exhibition of Arab cultural breakthroughs [Nov. 21]: The gold astrolabe you pictured does not bear Arabic script but is in Hebrew. Could you explain why? Michaela Mills Jerusalem Fourteenth century Spain was populated by Muslims, Christians and Jews, who exchanged cultural and scientific knowledge. The astrolabe was an Arab invention, but the devices are inscribed in many different languages - Arabic, Latin, Greek, Hebrew - depending on the craftsman or intended owner. The one we showed just happens to be inscribed...
...night sober. 8. Reinforce your own crippling insecurity by taking a shot every time Linus retreats to his blanket. 9. Every time you’re confused as to why one of the most-merchandised holiday specials of the last 50 years keeps criticizing the commercialization of Christmas. After fourteenth such shot, throw bottle of Jack’s into nearby wall and dramatically look towards the heavens; shed single tear...
...quibbles with the record of Judge John Roberts as he was being considered for chief justice, Alito has a four-lane highway of writings: opinions on the Commerce Clause; the First Amendment (free speech, establishment clause and free exercise clause); the Fourth, Eighth and Eleventh amendments; and the Fourteenth Amendment (procedural due process and substantive due process). Oh, and then there are his writings on administrative law, criminal law, immigration, the False Claims Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and securities and prison litigation...
Although early in the singles match she fought hard for points, Navratilova—Sports Illustrated’s fourteenth greatest athlete of all time—barely broke into a match that never really went her way. Navratilova repeatedly struck a frustrated pose, jerking her head towards the rink’s wood-boarded ceiling and throwing up her arms in exasperation after double-faulting in her service game and returning volleys directly into...
Harvard, seeded fourteenth, put up a valiant effort in all three doubles matches...