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Jacob, He of the Bum Rap: Living a Life That Matters; Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success
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Boteach, Shmuley
Forward
09-27-2002
The Jewish people have three forefathers: Abraham, who first discovered God
in the starlit heavens of Mesopotamia and was unhesitatingly prepared to
offer up his son as a sacrifice; Isaac, who was willing to give up his life
as a sacrifice to God, and Jacob, who is considered by many to be the least
worthy of the patriarchs. But was he?
Jacob's critics portray him as an unscrupulous schemer who tricked his
brother into trading his birthright for a bowl of soup, fooled his father
and stole the firstborn blessing. It is a position most recently taken by
my friend ...
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Yockey withdraws recommendation to kill HOMS. (Defense Acquisition Board's Donald J. Yockey supports Hellfire Optimized Missile System for the Army and Marine Corps)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily
; ...Corps Hellfire Optimized Missile System (HOMS) dodged another bullet last week when...believe we answered your concerns about HOMS and our strategy for Hellfire," Conver...previous recommendation to terminate the HOMS program," Conver wrote. A copy of Conver...
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Warhead timing problem threatens HOMS production decision. (Hellfire Optimized Missile System)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily
; ...s Hellfire Optimized Missile System (HOMS), the Office of the Secretary of Defense...was awarded a $46 million contract for HOMS in March 1990 for a 52-flight testing...Marietta declined to comment on this story. HOMS consists of a main and precursor warhead...
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Army to stay the course with HOMS - Conver. (Department of Defense official Stephen Conver says the Army continue to support the Hellfire Optimized Missile System despite escalating cost of the program)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily
; ...s Hellfire Optimized Missile System (HOMS) have not weakened the Army's support...been unable to fix a timing problem in HOMS' main and precursor warheads that surfaced...system's future. The primary mission of HOMS is to defeat next generation Russian tanks...
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Army defers HOMS production decision until March 1993. (Hellfire Optimized Missile System)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily
; ...s Hellfire Optimized Missile System (HOMS) identified back in the spring, the Army...on the program until March 1993. "The HOMS production decision has been deferred...precursor and main warheads on the target. For HOMS to be effective against the reactive armor...
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Yockey to confer: justify HOMS by Oct. 15. (Defense Dept.'s head of acquisition Donald J. Yockey asks Army for justification of Hellfire Optimized Missile System)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily
; ...troubled Hellfire Optimized Missile System (HOMS) and has asked the Army to justify continuing...Conver, Yockey asks if the Army can afford HOMS, an improved version of the Hellfire anti...it already has Hellfires in production. HOMS, a bridge to producing the Longbow Hellfire...
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HOMS resumes testing by scoring two direct hits. (Hellfire Optimized Missile System)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily
; ...its Hellfire Optimized Missile System (HOMS) by recording two direct hits against...ranges of 6.6 and 7.1 km, Martin said. HOMS, under development by Martin for the Army...year. Overall, including the most recent HOMS test, the missile has been successful...
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Award allows Martin to start setting up HOMS production line. ($22.7 million contract for Hellfire Optimized Missile System)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily
; ...troubled Hellfire Optimized Missile System (HOMS), the service's missile command (MICOM...full-scale production by May at its new HOMS production facility in Troy, Ala. It...first full-rate production order for HOMS is expected to be for approximately 3...
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HOMS REFINERY NEEDS ANOTHER ELECTRICITY LINE
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
; ...Bayan newspaper (June 20, 2004), Homs Oil Refinery Public Company is seeking another electricity line from the Northern Homs Electricity Conversion Station in addition...suspend operations for few hours. The Homs oil refinery was opened in 1959 and has...
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SYRIA: DEVELOPMENT OF HOMS REFINERY EVALUATED.(Homs Petroleum Refinery Co.)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...Another study that was prepared by the Homs Oil Refinery Authority, situated in central...the cost of developing and renewing the Homs refinery at $800 million. The supporters...will be built in the eastern region of Homs, which will reduce the pollution in Homs...
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HOMS miss snaps string of successful shots. (Hellfire Optimized Missile System)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily
; ...s Hellfire Optimized Missile System (HOMS) recorded two direct hits of targets last...That shot, only the third failure for HOMS in 19 flight tests, was preceded by successful...fire. Martin had suspended testing of HOMS in March after failures were recorded back...
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