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Though it can be both beautiful and sublime, tainted nationalism can sour into its own strain of hate. When used ignorantly, nationalism may rip at the fabric of unity, unraveling the precious ties which are our strength...
...done it by worrying less about impressing his customers than about just letting them enjoy eating. He begins the meal with a canape of salmon tartare with red onion creme fraiche in a savory tuile that looks just like a tiny ice cream cone. What sounds precious is somehow just fun. Then, because he has the luxury of charging a bucketful, he solves the problem of your palate's becoming bored after two or three bites by serving five to 10 mini-courses of just a few gobbles each. The only big hunks he puts on the plate...
...When the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon (fame due to the name of the Lord), she came to test him with hard questions. She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones ?" - 1 Kings 10: 1-2or "Greatness," but these are only titles. "Sheba" is simply an alternate spelling of Saba, the kingdom in modern-day Yemen where she is said to have reigned for a score of years beginning about 950 B.C. And while Cleopatra, the other storied beauty of Middle Eastern royalty...
...from $250 a year - which, critics complain, is totally inadequate - to a more realistic $450 a year. In other words, societies, politicians and policymakers are starting to recognize that families, whether they are nuclear or single-parent or homosexual, are part of the common good - and that children, the precious future of any society, must be cared for - no matter what kind of family they come from...
...stakes are as high as they can get. No wonder Bush looked the way he did Tuesday. He disappeared for precious hours in a bunker in Nebraska, which cost more precious hours the next day, as his aides tried to quiet criticism from his allies...