Word: nebuchadnezzar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plans on spending the night with her good friend--and the proverbial Head T.F. of WASP fashion--Lilly Pulitzer. She'll promises to bring a few of her new canvas shoes for Dr. Know to sample. Dr. K will bring the Nebuchadnezzar of Champagne--that's 12 liters...
...liked the idea of punching guys through brick walls and over-the-top action like that." But they connected as well with older, more revered sources. "The Bible seeks to answer a lot of relevant questions for man," says Larry. "In the film we refer to the story of Nebuchadnezzar; he has a dream he can't remember but keeps searching for an answer. Then there's the whole idea of a messiah. It's not just a Judeo-Christian myth; it also plays into the search for the reincarnation of the Buddha...
...there seems to be another that does. Few scholars believe that miracles like Moses' burning bush or Jesus' resurrection will ever be proved scientifically; they are, after all, supernatural events. Conversely, few doubt that the characters in the latter part of the Old Testament and most of the New - Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah, Jesus, Peter - really existed, though some will always doubt parts of their stories...
...King Nebuchadnezzar's army sacked the site in 604 B.C.E...
...extend the Nazi analogy which Bush so exulted in: America has freed Czechoslovakia only to leave Hitler to exterminate the German Jews. We no longer hear about the Nasser-Hitler-Nebuchadnezzar who kills his own people; recently the U.S. "refused to confirm" reports that Hussein was slaughtering Kurds. Apparently, he's not so bad after...