Word: seal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...game seemed destined for overtime once again, until the final unheralded hero of the three contributors would seal the comeback--Jason Karmanos' doorstep-tally gave the Crimson its first lead of the game at 4-3 with 1:26 remaining, completing the trio of underrated stars who would perhaps erase some of the fans' memories of last years playoff exit at the hands of these same Engineers...
That same day the President, for his part, finally delivered what he had promised weeks ago: a seven-year plan that had the Congressional Budget Office seal of approval: the numbers were real this time, no sunny assumptions about economic growth. Clinton actually borrowed it from Senate minority leader Tom Daschle, who had been trying to sell a compromise for weeks. When Daschle first unveiled his plan in December, hardly anyone noticed. But by last week, with his poll numbers drooping, Clinton needed a credible proposal, fast. A top Daschle aide, John Hilley (soon to join the White House...
...mentioned in the Book of Exodus. In 1986, archaeologists found the earliest known text of the Bible, dated to about 600 B.C. It suggests that at least part of the Old Testament was written soon after some of the events it describes. Also in 1986, scholars identified an ancient seal that had belonged to Baruch, son of Neriah, a scribe who recorded the prophecies of Jeremiah in 587 B.C. (Because Jews and Muslims don't consider the birth of Christ to be a defining moment in history, many scholars prefer the term B.C.E. to B.C. It stands for either "Before...
...archaeologists revealed that several lumps of figured clay called bullae, bought from Arab dealers in 1975, had once been used to mark documents. Nahman Avigad of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem identified the impressions stamped into one piece of clay as coming from the seal of Baruch, son of Neriah, a scribe who recorded the doomsday proclamations of the prophet Jeremiah. Another bore the seal of Yerahme'el, son of King Jehoiakim's son, who the Book of Jeremiah says was sent on an unsuccessful mission to arrest both prophet and scribe - again confirming the existence of biblical characters...
...Exodus or the sacking of Jericho or just about anything else in the Bible. And new Bible-related discoveries and theories crop up all the time. Early next year, Biblical Archaeology Review will be reporting on two of them. The first is another impression of the scribe Baruch's seal, this one with a fingerprint on the edge that was presumably made by Baruch himself. The second is an analysis that claims to fix the precise location where the Ark of the Covenant (the "Lost Ark" of Raiders fame) was stored. That's sure to be controversial; the author contends...