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...star's theological importance to Matthew. For some Jews it probably brought to mind a verse from the Old Testament book Numbers alluding to David's messianic status--"A star shall come out of Jacob and a [king] shall rise out of Israel." By making the star the object of the non-Jewish Magi's curiosity, Matthew showed that if he lacked Luke's detailed pagan background, he at least had some knowledge that stellar displays had meaning to non-Jews as well. In fact, stars were associated with the founding of Rome and the fall of Jerusalem, plus...
...same time, Schwarzenegger is coming under attack by Republicans on his right who object to his progressive position on many social issues. Says state senator Tom McClintock, who ran against Schwarzenegger in the election that recalled Davis: "You cannot finance socially liberal programs with fiscally conservative policies. The math just doesn't work." Conservatives like McClintock think Schwarzenegger caved in too easily to Democratic opposition to a $1 billion cut in health and social services last year. They also disapproved of the Governor's support for a ballot initiative, passed handily in November, that provided $3 billion in state funds...
After an hour of liberally (no pun intended) partaking in sangria and giving the no-shows—Warren M. Tusk, Ryan J. Fitzpatrick, Sameer Narang and Caleb I. Franklin—a chance to make an appearance, each of the seniors present an object that tells a story about themselves...
...show features a love triangle between two male Harvard law students and the object of their desire—a female doctor-to-be enrolled across the river at Harvard Medical School...
...DIED. SHIING-SHEN CHERN, 93, mathematician whose "new geometry" theories on how the curvature of a surface can help determine an object's shape influenced fields from theoretical physics to computer graphics; in Tianjin, China. As a teacher, Chern was also influential?so much so that Robert Uomini, a former student of his at the University of California, Berkeley, set up a chair for him at the school with funds from the $22 million Uomini won in the California state lottery...