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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rain down bread for you from the sky." Of all the biblical wonders, manna may admit to the most exact scientific explanation. (Its name is derived from the Israelites' reaction and may best be translated, "Whatta?") Scripture describes manna as "a fine and flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground," which falls with the dew but melts when the sun grows hot. In June in the Sinai peninsula, a plant louse that feeds on the fruit of the tamarisk tree secretes a yellow honey-like substance that congeals in the cool of the evening but melts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Moses | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...Jack Frost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIES | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

Also on Saturday were the one-meter and three-meter diving events. Sophomore Greg Walker dove well, earning a score of 573.05 points, and he edged out second-place junior Ed Hefferon from UMass by 10 points. Freshman Erik Frost turned in a notable fourth place with 466.65 points, and freshman Amias Moore Gerety earned eighth place with 337.95. Walker, Harvard's lone scorer in the three-meter diving, won that event as well with 693.15 points, this time out-doing Hefferon by 100 points...

Author: By Josh Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Swimming Sinks All Comers at Harvard Invite | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...SONG TITLE/MOVIE TITLE] Frosty the Snowman/Jack Frost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 23, 1998 | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...good thing Smithouser hasn't seen Jack Frost yet. In this film, to be released next month, neglectful father Michael Keaton dies and comes back as a snowman so he can spend some quality time with his son. Surely this too flies in the face of biblical truth--not to mention the song Frosty the Snowman. I just hope Jack will have something more interesting to say than my old man. But I doubt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Takes a Meeting | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

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