Word: sun
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Hieroglyphics above each painting make it clear that the pharaoh's first, second, seventh and 15th sons, at the very least, were buried in Tomb 5. Many of the engravings show Ramesses presenting one or another of the newly deceased young men to Re-Harakhty, the god of the sun; Horus, the falcon-headed god of the sky; or Hathor, goddess of motherhood, who is often depicted as a cow. These scenes reflect the belief that pharaohs were demigods while alive and that life was merely a short-term way station on the road to full deity...
...this point, there are nine worrisome cuts in the University's package so we can expect to be out here at least eight more times," Jaeger told the sun-drenched crowd. "On behalf of the union I'm proud to say we promise weather like this every time...
...beach in a scene reminiscent of a Club Med. They have good reason to celebrate: soon they will be flying off to freedom in the U.S. Meanwhile, less than a mile away, more than 200 Haitian children lounge listlessly under drab green tents, seeking refuge from the harsh midday sun. Camp Nine, their home since last June, is a desolate patch of cactus-filled desert where the only sign of life is an occasional banana rat or iguana. A fence encircles the camp, which is guarded by American soldiers. The children, many of them orphans, have languished in this dusty...
...theory, therefore, RISC chips are the wave of the future and CISC chips are a technological dead-end. Most microprocessor companies have voted with their feet by shifting design resources to RISC-based architectures. MIPS, Hewlett-Packard, Digital Sun Microsystems, IBM, Apple and Motorola are all converts...
...theory, will the men have to endure the overwork, beatings and disease that led to death rates as high as 45% among "classic" chain gangs. Still, working on a '90s-style gang is no picnic: inmates will be toiling through 12-hour workdays in the hot Alabama sun, serving sentences as long as 90 days. "If they try to escape," vows state corrections commissioner Ron Jones, "our officers are going to shoot them." No failure to communicate here...