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...majority of scholars quote two of his most direct comments on wealth: the passage in the Sermon on the Mount in which he warns, "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth ... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven"; and his encounter with the "rich young ruler" who cannot bring himself to part with his money, after which Jesus famously comments, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom...
...DIED. Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, 75, charismatic Queen of New Zealand's indigenous Maori, a royal position established in 1858 in response to Britain's colonization of the South Pacific archipelago; in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand. Though her post was ceremonial, Te Ata, the sixth Maori ruler, worked to raise the profile of Maori abroad, attending the coronations of foreign sovereigns and meeting with world leaders like President Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II and Nelson Mandela...
DIED. Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, 75, regal and charismatic Queen of New Zealand's indigenous Maori, a royal position established in 1858 in response to Britain's colonization of the Southwest Pacific archipelago; in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand. Although her post was ceremonial, Te Ata, the sixth Maori ruler, worked to raise the profile of Maori abroad, attending the coronations of foreign sovereigns and meeting with world leaders like President Bill Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II and Nelson Mandela...
...drive to the office," says Watson, sitting in an office littered with toy plastic rhinos and model LandRovers and Jeeps. So he and his mates came up with the (road approved) Hammer, a Hummer replica on a Nissan chassis. Then, one day, they sat down with paper, pen and ruler and conceived the Blizzard. Which in turn begat their pi?ce de r?sistance (and Watson's own ride): the Panic Truck...
...reach a verdict of death ... remember that I am a military man and should be killed by firing squad and not by hanging as a common criminal." SADDAM HUSSEIN, former ruler of Iraq, requesting his method of execution during his trial for crimes against humanity. The court is expected to deliver a verdict in October...