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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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moses, a very broad flat-bottomed boat, propelled by
oars, which in the days of sailing ships was used in the Caribbean to bring hogsheads of sugar from the island beaches to shipping which had to lie off them because of the shallowness of the water.
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Moses Remains Incomparable;Hurdling Streak Has Ended; Achievements Unforgettable
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/7/1987; ; 700+ words
; In 1977, when Edwin Moses won the first of 122 straight races in the...year-old with an Afro hairdo. The Edwin Moses who lost for the first time since then last Thursday in Madrid is balding. Moses' decade-old winning streak was so phenomenal...
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Moses--Henry George's inspiration. (Religious Foundations of Social Policy).
Magazine article from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...JUNE, 1878, Henry George delivered his "Moses" lecture to the Young Men's Hebrew Association...According to Edward J. Rose (1968), the "Moses" Sermon expresses the essence of George...untainted teachings of the Hebrew codifier, Moses (Rose 1968:54-59; Barker 1955, 248...
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Moses.
Magazine article from: World and I; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Tales of the Bible and, most recently, Moses: A Life, both from Ballantine. His next...and deeply ironic tradition, the name of Moses is not invoked at all during the Passover...momentous events of the Exodus in which Moses played such a crucial role. The theological...
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Moses and the Angels
Magazine article from: Judaism; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Angelic Escapades Moses and the Angels. By ILEENE SMITH SOBEL...New York: Delacorte Press. 1999. Moses and the Angels is a unique, yet ultimately...and legends into the Torah's version of Moses, making the Torah's account, with its...
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Moses steps down in 3rd Ward
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 12/17/2002; ; 657 words
; Moses AURORA -- Now that a few candidates have...run for his seat, 3rd Ward Alderman Ron Moses will fulfill a vow he made more than two...said his time in office would be temporary. Moses, who was appointed to office in June 2000...
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Moses.(Short Story)
Magazine article from: Hopscotch; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...someone to love." "I'm going to call you Moses," she told him. "I know I didn't find you...someone to love. Everywhere the girl went, Moses followed. When she went to school, Moses lay outside the house with his head squashed...
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Moses and his five commandments
Magazine article from: ASEE Prism; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...written by lifelong civil rights activist Robert P. Moses, examine how math is taught. Moses focuses on a program he developed that targets...Equations Math Lamb-Tand Lil Rights by Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb, Jr. (Beacon Press, hard...
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Moses in Gotham: a three-part exhibition last spring reevaluated the contributions of Robert Moses, a visionary long vilified for running roughshod over New York City neighborhoods.(URBAN PLANNING)(Robert Moses and the Modern City)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...urban planners were more excoriated than Robert Moses (1888-1981), who, as longtime commissioner...biography of 1974, titled The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, where Moses was portrayed as an authoritarian figure who callously...
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Moses: man, manager & myth: searching the bulrushes for the real prophet. (Word Alive).
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...to write "conclusion" to the life of Moses but it in no way ends the story. His is...origins and his story? Why this reference to Moses as myth? The Book of Deuteronomy is a...independence. It was written in the form of Moses' farewell address to Israel shortly before...
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MOSES: A LIFE.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA); 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...elaborations on the various stories relating to Moses. The humor shows up early in the book...SKEPTIC, Vol. 6,#3)--says, "Moses displayed a shocking tendency to kvetch...He goes on to say that the biblical Moses often ends up "sounding more like Woody...
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Moses, Robert 1888-1981
Book article from: American Decades
MOSES, ROBERT 1888-1981 Urban planner and administrator Master Builder Robert Moses did more than anyone else in the twentieth century...of parks for New York State. Early Years Robert Moses was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised...
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Moses
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Moses The Old Testament prophet Moses (ca. 1392-ca. 1272 B.C.) was the emancipator of Israel. He created Israel's nationhood and founded its religion. Moses was the son of Amram and Yochebed of the tribe of Levi. He was...
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Moses, Gilbert 1942–1995
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Gilbert Moses 1942–1995 Theater, film, and...to TV Selected writings Sources Gilbert Moses had about as varied a career as a director...pioneering Free Southern Theater company, Moses went on to direct in just about every dramatic...
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Moses, Rebecca
Book article from: Contemporary Fashion
MOSES, Rebecca American designer Born: New Jersey...New York, NY 10012, USA. Publications On MOSES: Articles Biggs, Melissa E., "Carry...Country. Gross, Michael, "The Subject is Moses: The Name Game," in New York, 14 March...
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Edwin Moses
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Edwin Moses Edwin Moses (born 1955) is known as the greatest 400-meter hurdler ever. Over almost a decade, from September 1977 to June 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive races, including one at the 1984 Olympic Games...
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