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...Jews, however, Jerusalem is their hearts' desire as pious individuals, their goal and fulfillment as the chosen people. The city is specifically mentioned 750 times in Hebrew Scripture, and referred to euphemistically as the "City of David," "Holy City" or "Temple Mount" a thousand times more. Some Talmudic scholars conceive of it divinities, earthly and divine-"and so you find the Jerusalem above directly opposite the Jerusalem below," says the midrash. Jerusalem was the talisman on which Judaism in exile survived; on every Passover, Jews of the Diaspora promised one another: "Next year in Jerusalem." Even for unreligious Israelis...
...history covered by the chapter. These quotes, the words of men commonly portrayed as possessing a verbal dexterity restricted to grunts, war whoops, and "Yes, Kemosabay," make a tardy but accurate and poetically expressed judgment on the men who took their land and abused it while they mumbled pious incantations about progress and destiny. Six of the book's 19 chapters conclude with the printing of the words and music to an Indian song, which often not only provides an appropriate comment on the events covered in the chapter but also reveals the depth and subtlety...
...which reveals--not the time, not the Dow-Jones Industrial Average, but the minute-by-minute total number of cars and trucks produced since the beginning of the year; finally, there is my favorite--a six-story-high flaming spark plug which flashes to drivers along Woodward Avenue the pious message, "Use A.C. Sparks and Watch Bonanza Every Sunday." Hailey calls Detroit "a great cultural center", and he is right...
...liberal press expresses pious concern about divisiveness in the U.S. whenever conservatives fight for what they feel is right. Never a word is said about divisiveness when a few power-hungry "liberals" in the Senate pull out all the stops to smear a man like Poff in order to enhance their political aims...
...stars rich. Gaye, for example, started out in 1961 as a Johnny Mathis-type balladeer with a silvery tenor voice and by 1967 had become Motown's No. 1 purveyor of black soul. Neither that success nor his kinship with God has given Gaye a notably pious manner. A gangly, soft-spoken man of 32 with neatly trimmed beard and mustache, he has the easy, confident manner of a big-name athlete -which perhaps explains why he was able to spend a week last summer scrimmaging with Eastern Michigan University as a running back. If Gaye has to squeeze...