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...Nazareth synagogue (Luke 4) ty concern is simply to find out what this text means." He asserts that here and in parallel passages, the Dead Sea Messiah "appears as triumphant -- as is usually the case. That is the normal Jewish tradition." Eisenman says either translation is possible, whereas Wise concludes that the matter will always remain uncertain because of textual problems...
Clark praised Wald's work at the Law School in the announcement, stating that in her five years there she had been a "wise counselor to hundreds of students" who "played a crucial role in helping the school deal with a vast range of complex issues...
...incorrectly thought the disaster declaration, signed by Bush on the day of the storm, was the same as a request for military help. Nobody at FEMA advised him otherwise or nudged the White House when the reality of the damage finally sank in. "I don't think it's wise to declare martial law," says Fascell, "but when we know we have a catastrophe headed our way, we should have a highly visible disaster czar with a definite command structure to deal with it early on, and obviously that's the military...
...offer, and the child needs us.' " Farrow fits the definition. "But she's not a baby snatcher," Tremitiere says. "If she were, she'd have 50 kids and not just 11. She's very selective in the children she puts into her family, so that they fit in age-wise and with handicaps that she knows she can be of help to." Farrow has recently taken in Tam, 12, a blind Vietnamese girl, and Isaiah, an American crack baby. "Mia herself had polio," says Tremitiere, "so she's tuned in to children with physical difficulties...
...there ever was one. "Freshperson" was presumably considered an insulting substitute, and so, perhaps, were "freshindividual," "freshhuman," "freshgirl" and "freshboy." Henceforth, a first-year student at Nebraska Wesleyan will be a "first-year student." A second-year student will ; continue to be called "sophomore" -- from the Greek sophos (wise) and moros (foolish). The adjective form, sophomoric, may at times be used to modify "college official...