Word: rivale
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Those misunderstandings Cragg traces to the initial fact that Mohammed had no thorough acquaintance with the Bible. He was ignorant of the meaning of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity and the sonship of Christ. To him Christ seemed a rival of the One God, and that Mohammed could not accept. Accordingly he reduced Christ to the status of one prophet among many and gave him a few brief pages in the Koran. Even today Moslems refuse to consider Christianity a monotheistic faith because of this early misreading of Christ. Nor could Mohammed, for whom it was unthinkable that...
This year's gubernatorial contest conforms to the Massachusetts norm, but Foster Furcolo emerges as a better risk than his Republican opponent Sumner G. Whittier. Furcolo's program, while not remarkable, is generally constructive by comparison with that of his Republican rival. He promises to use his experience in Federal government to obtain a "fair share" of grant-in-aid funds for highways and schools in a state that is traditionally short-changed in government spending. Furcolo has also proposed the establishment of a network of regional colleges, a state scholarship program, a new medical and dental college, increased...
...them can be seen at a current exhibit in Widener Library. attained his chief fame for espousing the right of free speech on the slavery question. There can be no doubt, according to Harvard historian Samuel Eliot Morison '08, that the outstanding reason why Harvard pulled ahead of rival colleges in 1836 and, indeed reached her present eminence and stature, was her early and faithful adherence to the principle of academic freedom...
...creamy softness, musicianship of delicate sensibility, and a temperament to match. She was no match for Callas. From the beginning the two women glowered. Tebaldi stayed away from Callas' performances; Callas, on the warpath, sat in a prominent box at Tebaldi's, ostentatiously cheered, and watched her rival start to tremble. Callas sensibly -if a little too innocently-points out that there are plenty of operas for two top sopranos in La Scala's big repertory. The fact is, Callas thrives on opposition. "When I'm angry, I carr do no wrong," she says. "I sing...
...urbane and unhorsing the sophisticated by sheer force of his awkward ardor. He pokes an oil princeling in the snoot, almost drowns the handsome son of the grand vizier. In a final melodramatic bid for Shala's heart. he parachutes into the Sahara Desert to engage a rival in mortal combat. Caught up in his exuberant campaign, he scarcely notices that his love has run off to another...