Word: solomons
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...Jews, who blend ethnicity and religion just as Arab Muslims do, should claim so little land when we cover so much. Why does my country house two holy cities—Mecca and Medina—whereas Jews claim but one—Jerusalem, site of the Temple of Solomon and Herod? What accounts for the astonishing disparity between how much land the Arabs got in history and how little was left to Jews?Were I a Palestinian Arab citizen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (34, 495 square miles, population 5.8 million), with its magnificent city of Petra...
...When he was 21 and a fighter pilot in the Marine Corps during World War II, Jefferson DeBlanc Sr. protected his fellow aces by shooting down five Japanese warplanes during a mission over the Solomon Islands--even though his own plane was nearly out of gas and he knew he could not make it back to base. He swam eight miles to an island, where one indigenous tribe traded him to another--which helped ferry him to safety--for a 10-lb. sack of rice. DeBlanc was awarded the Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart and other decorations...
...majored in studio art and art history at Massachusetts' Williams College. There he met Williams College Museum of Art then director Thomas Krens who, spotting talent, soon had him designing brochures and posters. "He was fast, quick, bright and mature beyond his years," recalls Krens, today director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. "Michael seemed preternaturally sophisticated about...
...campaign. And this week the group will launch howshouldivote.com.au, offering an online survey to match voters with the candidate who best suits their views. "We see our role as reducing the space between citizens and the people who want to represent them," says executive director Brett Solomon, who calls members "progressive" rather than Labor supporters...
...Trust me, you're not the only one here," Solomon Kleinsmith, the head of the group Omaha for Obama and himself a lifelong Republican, replied with a chuckle. "Come, sit down...