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...other search and concordance functions make the machine far more valuable. Want to find every place in the Bible where "taxes" appears? Just punch in the word and sit back. The computer displays all the books where the exact word is found, and a simple added command then brings each text to the screen. Taxes turn up but once in the King James, in Daniel 11: 20. A handy extension of this feature can also search for all variant forms, such as taxed or taxation (there are eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: High-Tech Bible | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...this: type in a request to find any place in the Bible where the words valley, shadow and death occur in the same verse. The machine will obligingly display Psalm 23: 4. Can't recall the exact words? A built-in thesaurus lets the user search through synonyms. The machine also provides - pronunciations for proper names (Enoch is EE-nuck). A handicap for some will be difficulty in reading the enhanced liquid-crystal display, whose resolution is still inferior to that of larger, more expensive personal computers that can process Bible-reference software...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: High-Tech Bible | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...that the full magnificence of the Nimrud find is known, Muzahim is intensifying his search, hoping to find the tombs of Nimrud's all powerful kings. The hunt is not without its dangers, however. Only after opening Princess Yabahya's grave did Muzahim's team decipher the ancient cuneiform curse inscribed on a marble tablet: "If anyone lays hands on my tomb . . . let the ghost of insomnia take hold of him for ever and ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golden Treasures of Nimrud | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...sorry, but that's one of the things that happens when you're trying to bring first-rate people to the University," said Professor of the History of Science Barbara Gutman Rosenkrantz '44, who chaired a search committee that selected one of the two Penn scholars. "You win some, and you lose some...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

...return, disconsolate, to The Crimson. I have spent more than an hour roaming from house to house, in search of a party where I feel comfortable. Then I realize I do this every weekend. I throw my reporter's notebook away into the dustbin of history...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Dudes, Where Are the Parties? | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

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