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Judith
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Judith in the Apocrypha, a rich Israelite widow who saved the town of Bethulia from Nebuchadnezzar's army by seducing the besieging general
Holofernes and cutting off his head while he slept. Also, a book of the Apocrypha recounting the story of Judith.
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Judith F. Krug & Judith F. Krug
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/1/1989; ; 474 words
; ...with books and work less than 1 1/2 miles apart in Chicago. WORDS ON MEETING Judith: "Hi, at long last!' Judith: "Nice to meet you at long last!" Judith: "Yours is one name I'll never forget." WHAT THEY DO Judith (left...
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Judith - the heroine of Chanukah?
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 12/19/2003; ; 622 words
; ...Jewish heroine named Yehudis (Yiddish for Judith) plied a Greek general named Holofernes...only problem is that the timing is off. Judith did exist. She was a genuine Jewish heroine...decapitating Holofernes while he slept. But Judith did not live in the time of the Maccabees...
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 "Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales)")
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JUDITH KILSHAW TO MARRY HER TOYBOY LOVER; 'Britain's most hated woman' finds new love.(News)
Newspaper article from: Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales); 12/14/2008; 700+ words
; Byline: By MATT APLIN BABY trader Judith Kilshawis to marry her toyboy lover - and her ex-husband is giving her away. Judith, 55, of Wrexham, earned notoriety seven...took the twins away from the Kilshaws and Judith's relationship with husband Alan deteriorated...
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Judith Ripka to Open New Flagship Store on Madison Avenue.
PR Newswire; 3/9/2005; 700+ words
; ...YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Judith Ripka Companies, Inc. will open the...777 Madison Avenue, will debut a new Judith Ripka boutique concept, elevating the...and soul behind Ripka's designs. For Judith's loyal following of fashion's elite...
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JUDITH, SEXUAL WARRIOR: WOMEN AND POWER IN WESTERN CULTURE.(Review)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 2/5/1999; ; 700+ words
; JUDITH, SEXUAL WARRIOR: WOMEN AND POWER IN WESTERN...s most fascinating and puzzling tales. Judith, a beautiful wartime widow, is divinely...village of Bethulia are immobilized by fear, Judith conceives and carries out a plot to decapitate...
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JUDITH MUNK, FRIEND-ARTIST OF SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, UCSD, DIES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/24/2006; 700+ words
; ...Diego issued the following press release: Judith K. Munk, an artist, sculptress, architect...with family, friends and colleagues. "Judith Munk's clarity of thought, artistic...legions of friends from around the world. Judith Munk enlivened all she touched. She made...
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Judith Ripka Shines With an Evening of Bubbles and Baubles at L.A. Fashion Week.
PR Newswire; 10/17/2007; 700+ words
; ...Melvin Sokolsky Receives the First Ever Judith Ripka Visionary Award LOS ANGELES, Oct...October 16th from 5:00 pm-6:00 pm, Judith Ripka, Official Jewelry Designer of Mercedes...paired and displayed with complimenting Judith Ripka jewels. In addition, the famed...
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Judith Ripka Rocks 'Rock The Runway'.
PR Newswire; 3/18/2005; 700+ words
; ...ANGELES, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Judith Ripka, Official Jewelry Designer of Mercedes...L.A. designers, accessorized with Judith Ripka's dramatic diamonds. Celebrities...seen donning over $100,000 worth of Judith Ripka jewelry including one-of-a...
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Judith gets a kick out of both work and play.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 6/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...By Karen McLauchlan The screen saver on Judith Healey's office computer is a giveaway...football non-stop when I was a kid," said Judith, who runs Middlesbrough-based public...Middlesbrough too." As well as Talk Marketing, Judith has an exclusive handbag company. The...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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Judith Payne escaped rainy Yorkshire to search for paradise on The Beach...she ended up fleeing jail and trekking through 600 miles of jungle; 'I FELL IN LOVE WITH ADVENTURE - BUT THEN IT TURNED INTO MY WORST NIGHTMARE'.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 4/16/2000; ; 700+ words
; JUDITH Payne worked hard and saved hard to follow...then on a 1,500-mile trek to freedom. Judith spent three weeks in Laadyao Prison surrounded...determined to get home to my mum." When Judith, 21, was finally released on bail she...
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Leiber, Judith
Book article from: Contemporary Fashion
LEIBER, Judith American handbag and accessories designer Born: Judith Peto in Budapest, 11 January 1921; immigrated to...Exhibitions: The Artist and Artisan: Gerson and Judith Leiber, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, 1991; Judith...
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Judith
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Judith [Heb.,=Jewess], early Jewish book...Jewish city, is about to surrender when Judith, a Jewish widow of great beauty and piety...who seeks an opportunity to seduce her. Judith beheads him while he is drunk. Judith returns...
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Judith, Anodea (1952-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Judith, Anodea (1952-) Anodea Judith, Pagan priestess and former president of the Church of All Worlds, was born Judith Ann Mull on December 1, 1952, in Elyria, Ohio. She was raised in the Church of Christ, Scientist, but rejected Christianity...
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Judith Catchpole Trial: 1656
Book article from: Great American Trials
Judith Catchpole Trial: 1656 Defendant: Judith Catchpole Crimes Charged: Infanticide and witchcraft Chief...1656, an all-woman jury was impaneled to decide the case of Judith Catchpole. Although unusual, hers is not the only recorded...
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Shklar, Judith
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Shklar, Judith 1928-1992 Judith Nisse Shklar was Cowles Professor of Government at Harvard University...own intellectual project. SEE ALSO ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Shklar, Judith N. 1957. After Utopia: The Decline of Political Faith . Princeton...
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