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...week, Putin visited Glazunov, one of Russia's most famous painters, at his studio on the artist's 79th birthday. The Prime Minister paused in front of a painting of a knight, Prince Oleg with Igor, which Glazunov had completed in 1973. Then he offered his critique that the sword in the painting was too short. "It would only be good for cutting a sausage," Putin said. (See pictures of Putin's Patriotic Youth Camp...
This peace would also have been foretold. Isaiah (first Isaiah, not the Isaiah of the exile) envisioned a day when God "shall arbitrate for many peoples" and "nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." And in a Koranic verse dated by scholars to the final years of Muhammad's life, God tells humankind that he has "made you into nations and tribes, so that you might come to know one another...
...interpretation of Islamic Shari'a law that sharply restricts the rights of women, and it empowers clerical bodies like the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice to police civil society. Days before Obama's visit, a man convicted of a double murder was beheaded by sword and then hung on a cross in a public square in downtown Riyadh...
...course, transparency is a double-edged sword, no matter your sexual orientation. "I got brutally dumped recently," Harreld told me. "And I changed my relationship status to respect her wishes. But I didn't know that making that change would appear in everyone's feed and I certainly didn't want it to. Everyone saw that my relationship was over and commented on it." Ouch. Painfully inconvenient regardless of your sexual identity. As they say, "It's complicated...
...particularly nasty opponent in a Lev resident who manically carried with him a container of broccoli. But once the organizers dispensed of the broccoli rule, French's path to victory was clear. He chased his opponent through the halls of Leverett and dispatched his opponent in a carrot-sword fight...