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...with the gun and the pretty school teacher. For the hero to be the best shot was also to say that the little people in the community were safe as long as it had a strong, armed protector - a one-man army, a preternatural policeman, the Old Testament God - on their side...
...Desert conditions must have helped preserve the colors of the frescoes adorning the synagogue's walls from ceiling to floor. They depict scenes from the Old Testament in vivid imagery, which is all the more incredible considering that such portrayal of the human figure is expressly forbidden in the Talmud. You can even see the hand of God pulling people up to Heaven by the hair (painful, but probably better than going to Hell). The same, slightly ominous hand, can be seen parting the Red Sea as Moses leads the Israelites through...
...they may come to understand even more than that. Sidwell is a Quaker school, and headmaster Bruce Stewart points out that Quakers have a familiar saying: "Let your life speak," which means let actions represent you. "Now we say, 'Let your building speak,'" Stewart says. "Let this be a testament to who we are and what we believe." If the next generation is going to be the planet's last line of defense, the least we can do is prepare them in an environment that values the environment...
...well on Saturday, and that had a lot to do with how she was turning her sail. There were lots of skippers who had heavier crews, and the fact that we were able to tough it out despite it being really windy was a testament to her.”Dolbec and Kovacs won five of the 15 total races, helping pick up the slack for two eighth-place finishes in the lower divisions.Sophomore Michelle Konstadt and freshman John Stokes shared time at crew with sophomore skipper Drew Robb in B-division, in one of the trio?...
Their main problem is finding a home for it. Broadmoor's old school building is still boarded up, like many across New Orleans, a testament to FEMA's intransigence and its culture of coming up with bureaucratic justifications for inaction rather than finding ways to help rebuild the city. Lately, however, Vallas and Pastorek have been working with President Bush's Gulf Coast relief coordinator, Donald Powell, and FEMA to find ways to get schools rebuilt or replaced. When that happens, Cantrell and Roark believe the new school will be an anchor for an education corridor planned in the neighborhood...