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...historical oddity and a hopeful sign that as the three religions battled over Abraham, they continued (without admitting it) to swap Abraham stories. The borrowings and counterborrowings, as old as the conflicts, make far more pleasant reading. The most heartening may be an Islamic tale cited by Feiler whose roots, scholar Reuven Firestone hypothesized, reach into both Judaism and Christianity. It is set after Abraham's near sacrifice of his son, whichever son it was. The moment of truth is just past; the father's hand is stayed. As the boy lies stunned on the altar, God gazes down with...
...gyrus apparently threw the delicate feedback system out of synch--creating a state of neural chaos that was exacerbated when she moved her eyes and body. Whether shamans achieve the same state through meditation is impossible to say. But if they do, they have certainly found a more pleasant way to get there. --By Jeffrey Kluger
...know that today heaven is a much more organized and much more pleasant place than it was before,” she said...
COFFEE BREAK The Starbucks bug has bitten Shanghai, but head instead to the Old China Hand Reading Room, a pleasant library cum caféopened by a local photographer. Try the java with slices of thick buttered toast or go local and sip fragrant rose-bud tea. 27 Shaoxing Road, near Ruijin Er Road...
...apparently runs from the gates of Kirkland up along Dunster Street to Mass. Ave. and is peppered with broken glass and cigarette butts. As Teddy and I progressed barefootedly up Dunster Street, a once-pleasant thoroughfare that is a daunting gauntlet for the short-of-shoe, he elaborated on his lack of footwear...