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...York City Mayor's race: The incumbent Republican, Michael Bloomberg, is running 30 points ahead of Democrat Fernando Ferrer. On Sunday, Bloomberg donned a yarmulke in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Ferrer campaigned with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and used a David and Goliath analogy while addressing a Baptist congregation in Harlem...
...Columbia] in the beginning,” Blotky said. “To see that we’re capable of doing that, and then not being able to pull out the match, that’s just frustrating.”CORNELL 3, HARVARD 0It was David and Goliath again, but this time, Goliath made sure that the underdog had no chance.Though the Crimson took a game from the undefeated Big Red the last time the two teams met, Cornell thoroughly suffocated the Harvard offense in its home gym, toppling the Crimson...
With his latest work, “The Life of David,” Pinsky chronicles the entire life of the Old Testament’s David—the “Light of Israel” who bested Goliath, conquered his mentor Saul to become king, battled his son Absalom for power, and envisioned the city of Jerusalem. The author’s carefully-constructed prose takes the remoteness of the biblical tale and turns it into accessible drama; even when using prose, Pinsky operates with the grace of a poet...
...obedience to orders by the Nazis and the Japanese militarists. Keith Appleyard Brighton, England When my brother died in Iraq, we accepted his death with grace and reverence for his service. Sheehan's conduct is embarrassing and dishonorable. The media portray her as a hero, a David vs. a Goliath. I see a weak woman who has sacrificed her son's honor in favor of indulging her pain and furthering her own political agenda. When Sheehan accuses the President of killing her son while she gives a pass to the Iraqi insurgent who actually ambushed him, she disgraces those...
When my brother died in Iraq, we accepted his death with grace and reverence for his service. Sheehan's conduct is embarrassing and dishonorable. The media portray her as a hero, a David vs. a Goliath. I see a weak woman who has sacrificed her son's honor in favor of indulging her pain and furthering her own political agenda. When Sheehan accuses the President of killing her son while she gives a pass to the Iraqi insurgent who actually ambushed him, she disgraces those of us who have carried on with honor. What a shame that Sheehan has become...