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...Well, my perspective is that if you look at Romans, chapters 9 to 11, you will see that we could not be Christians today were it not for the Jews, and we owe so much to them, to the Old Testament, the life of the Torah, the Prophets. They gave us the Messiah, Jesus Christ. The difference between us, when we're agreed about so much, is Christology. I'd want to say, well, I have been captivated by this person, Jesus Christ, the onus is upon me to share him with all people, Jews and other people...
...receded only slightly. Even a joint defense force to deter future invasions has proved impossible to fashion; such is the distrust among the gulf states and their Arab neighbors. A Middle East peace conference may finally be held, but its success is far from assured. Its convocation would owe as much to the end of the cold war as to the end of the gulf war, and to Israel's need for U.S. aid in the settling of Soviet Jews...
City spas probably owe their popularity to the growing number of women professionals who want to cram the benefits of a massage or body scrub into their crowded business day. But the facilities cater to both sexes, and for rushed executives or work-out enthusiasts, they help unknot kinks and ease tensions. Corporations are joining the trend by rewarding employees with day- spa gift certificates; rather than woo clients over lunch at a chic restaurant, many businesswomen now treat them to a short stint at a day spa, where a la carte treatments replace the lengthy regimens at full-time...
...Jefferson's Declaration of Independence defines patriotism in an implicitly rebellious fashion. According to that precious document, we do not owe our allegiance to a government or its leaders -- and certainly not to its army or its flag -- but to each other and to our common right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. "Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends," the Declaration states, "it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it . . ." Thus for Jefferson, dissent was not only a right but also a necessity: "I hold that a little rebellion...
...even just saving the 29 cents, look what happens if, say, you pay four $10 monthly bills in a lump -- the $10 you owe now, plus three additional early payments. As the table shows, on that first early payment, the $10 you tie up is "earning" about a 36% annualized rate of return. The second is earning about 18%, and the third -- $10 tied up for three months to save 29 cents in postage -- is earning an annualized...