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Jefferson, who valued the press, could turn apoplectic when he considered the newspapers of his day. Said he: "The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors...
...cuneiform writing, they called the planet Sag-Ush, regarding it as a male fertility symbol. The Babylonians, who eventually ruled over that part of Mesopotamia, watched the heavens from the tops of their ziggurats. To them Saturn was known as Kaiamanu (the steadfast one), possibly because, in contrast to nearer planets, it moved so slowly across the skies. Kaiamanu was generally associated with the death of cattle, and other calamities. Perhaps in hopes of better luck, one of the names the Egyptians later gave Saturn was Horus the Bull...
...guidelines clearly reflect the antipathy towards Harvard (and to a lesser extent MIT, which is located nearer industrial than residential areas), and if adopted will mean serious changes for an institution that has been operating on a laissez-faire basis for 350 years...
...substantially cheaper than at competing markets. On nights and weekends, when the store is most crowded, the atmosphere is akin to the running of the bulls down the streets of Pamplona. Bobbi Rice, 31, drives four miles to shop at the Safeway Food Barn, although two other supermarkets are nearer to her home. Says she: "We eat a lot of produce, and that is quite a bit less expensive here. Lettuce and tomatoes, for instance, are about 50% less than at other stores...
Chinaglia watched intensely as Beckenbauer dribbled past a Seattle forward and pressed on toward the center circle. The Sounders fullbacks stepped back nearer their own goal and Chinaglia moved with them, silently hunting his favorite trophy, a goal...