Word: paying
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...Diwali is a time of celebration. Hindus pray to Lakshmi--the goddess of wealth and good luck--with hope that the forthcoming year will be a healthy and prosperous one. Families come together, savory foods are prepared and fire-crackers are burst in celebration. Lamps are lit to pay obeisance to the Gods and also to symbolize the lifting of spiritual darkness...
...When Kugel does pay close attention to the text, however, the results are exciting. In what is by far the most satisfying chapter in the book, "Solomon's Riddles," Kugel elucidates the hidden meanings of several Hebrew "mashals," two-part proverbial sentences that provided the "basic building blocks of wisdom" for the Israelites. In any mashal, Kugel asks, "What is the relationship between A and B?" A puzzling proverb requires thoughtful contemplation before its meaning becomes clear. Take Proverb 26:23, for example: "Like thick glaze on a cheap pot, ardent lips and an evil heart." "The thick glaze...
...this to earn the right to pay more than $30,000 in annual tuition, room, board and fees...
...want to play you've got to pay," McClelland says. "It's a part of the process...
Leave it to all those suffering literary souls on campus to labor away over their novels and sonnets. All you have to do is find what you like to read, and ignore what you don't. Now pay attention: in addition to the focus-specific publications (in which the content in every issue relates to the theme or idea), we have web-based publications (some pretty awesome ones, at that), and some types of literary magazines unique to Harvard. If Harvard truly had any smart people, there would be one central location where you could pick up a copy...