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...Mesha Stele (also known as the Moabite Stone), the most extensive inscription ever recovered from ancient Palestine. Found in 1868 at the ruins of biblical Dibon and later fractured, the basalt stone wound up in the Louvre, where Lemaire spent seven years studying it. His conclusion: the phrase "House of David" appears there as well. As with the Tel Dan fragment, this inscription comes from an enemy of Israel boasting of a victory - King Mesha of Moab, who figured in the Bible. Lemaire had to reconstruct a missing letter to decode the wording, but if he's right, there...
nies the posters is "Think About It." The phrase is meant to get people thinking about these issues of discrimination as well as getting them involved in EAA's cause, according to Kaplan...
...question remains, what is "too much?" Furthermore, how do one's peers know how much is "too much" when they are not the ones suffering the effects of the alcohol and/or drugs. In light of recent (and yes, not-so-recent) events, "too much" is a very nebulous phrase...
...Jewish mother, legendary creator of guilt, needs little introduction or explanation. The simple phrase "No, it's alright..."(left trailing off at the end) succinctly expresses the true guilt-producing power of the Jewish mother. Examine these examples...
...music difficult for the untrained ear: irregular tempo, unresolved chords and absence of melody. These qualities were less in evidence in the sonata than in the String Quartet #1, a work which even the composer describes as "grim and terse." The quartet begins with a mysterious Gypsy-like phrase, which is quickly flattened into harshness; the four instruments repeatedly diverge and then return with a burst of two or three dissonant notes. While the quartet is affecting and succeeds in communicating a certain nervous emotion, it is far from inviting...