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Even less well known to most Americans is the breadth of his following. Jews, who consider him their own, are largely unaware of Abraham's presence in Christianity, which accepts his Torah story as part of the Old Testament and honors him in contexts ranging from the Roman Catholic Mass ("Look with favor on these offerings and accept them as once you accepted ... the sacrifice of Abraham") to a Protestant children's song ("Father Abraham had many sons/And I am one of them...
...accept a merchant's first asking price for more expensive items, Fowler suggests. Feel free to bargain, but be reasonable. You may be able to negotiate a $4,000 price down to $3,000, but don't expect to wind up paying $1,000. "Save the hard-core bargaining for the really pricey pieces," Riddle says. "If you see something that costs $50 and it really speaks to your heart, then just get it." New Orleans antiques dealers all know one another and will work together to ship items bought in their stores, Moss says, so you can consolidate shipping...
...officials entirely by surprise: "Everybody expected that at some point the Iraqis would come up with a half answer," says a senior State Department official. But it mucked up the White House's carefully calibrated strategy to ram through a beefed-up new U.N. resolution demanding that Saddam accept unfettered inspections anytime, anywhere, and setting a quick trigger for military action in the event that Iraq failed to comply. Instead, Saddam's offer revived uncertainty. France and Russia, two pivotal Security Council members that had begun to shift toward the U.S. hard line, now hailed a triumph for diplomacy...
...Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell wouldn't stand for interference from a political operative. Superhawks Cheney and Rumsfeld didn't need Rove to tell them to target Saddam, and Powell has warned the White House that he doesn't expect to receive, and won't accept, phone calls from Rove...
Officials at Brown and Princeton said they wanted to maintain autonomy over their own application processes. This reasoning appears specious; both are members of NACAC and are thereby obliged to adhere to its admissions guidelines. It is more likely that Brown and Princeton are worried that students they accept Early Decision, but who are also accepted Early Action at another university, might enroll at the Early Action school and break their commitment to attend the Early Decision institution...