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...love the smell of Turf Builder in the morning. And lumpy men in plaid make me weak. Can I make a career out of my favorite things...
Herod killed thousands of Jerusalemites in the streets while taking power. But he was also a local who understood Judea's needs and its hard-won privilege of being governed under Jewish law. A builder king, he ordered up huge forts, palaces and indeed whole cities throughout Judea, and he created an artificial harbor at Caesarea Maritima that lasted 600 years...
...featuring--in a moisture-starved region--picturesque water gardens. He added an amphitheater and a hippodrome. But the jewel in the crown, the spiritual, economic and social center of Judea and an icon to Jews throughout the region, was the Temple. It was his bid to rival Solomon, biblical builder of the Jews' first great house of worship, which had been razed by the Babylonians some 570 years earlier...
...that kids see through any programming based on a slick marketing idea and not much else. "People have come to me with the bed linen designed before they've thought about the main characters," sighs Kate Fawkes, a consultant to HIT Entertainment who oversaw the development of Bob the Builder and is now working on a TV series based on Angelina Ballerina, a dancing mouse. "You have to make the best show you can and then see what happens. If it's funny and it's got charm then you have a chance, but even then...
...University of New Hampshire got the ball rolling when it announced Desai's $1 million pledge in October 1999. This might have served as a confidence builder for the University of Washington, which unveiled Desai's $2 million pledge at a $10,000 ceremony in February 2000. The accompanying press release listed Desai as CEO of Logical Information Machines, which should have been a red flag, since he never worked for the company...