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Volume three describes the rise of the first civilizations in Sumer and Egypt and uses the first written texts as a guide through early history, including the origins of Judaism with the migration of Abraham from Hammurabi's Ur. Gonick then moves from the earliest bible texts to the conquest of Saddam Husseun's idol Nebuchadrezzar to the rise of the Greeks, devoting the last two volumes more extensively to Athenian life (with much cribbing from Herodotus...
...about an undeclared war? That raises the problem of the legitimacy of the war itself. Abraham Sofaer, former legal counsel to the State Department, and others advance this argument: Article 51 of the United Nations Charter recognizes the right of self-defense against armed attack, not only for the victim nation but also for others coming to its aid. Kuwait has appealed for help under Article 51, and the U.N. Security Council has in effect underwritten that appeal by passing resolutions condemning Iraq. Thus the U.S. could legitimately strike Iraq and exercise all the rights of a belligerent, including...
...Genesis contains the only known account from the ancient Middle East of the creation of woman -- six times as long as the story of Adam's advent from a "mud pie." Furthermore, the women of the Pentateuch (Eve, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Tamar, Zipporah) are strong; none of the men (Abraham, Jacob, Moses) are particularly good looking. Circumstantial evidence, but in an era of enhanced interest in feminist creativity, it is not very hypothetical to assume that Bloom's work will draw a wide and interested audience...
...Abraham L. Wickelgren '91, of Quincy House, said he has had his phone disconnected twice this semester for no apparent reason. Kamran Rokhsar '94, of Straus Hall, said that the phone in his room would only take incoming calls for several days last week...
...speech rife with references to prominent Americans from Abraham Lincoln to Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, Kemp said that the Republicans best represent the interests of Massachusetts voters today...