Word: though
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Bloom sees J as a single individual who wrote after Solomon's reign 29 centuries ago but displays a modernistic skepticism and worldliness. Though he maintains that J's "power as a writer made Judaism, Christianity and Islam possible," Bloom believes she harbored neither love nor awe of God. He conceives of her as more blasphemous than Salman Rushdie in portraying the Deity as impish and arbitrary...
...would seem a bizarre monologue almost anywhere else, but not in the Soviet Union. Though comrades have stood in line ever since strains of the Internationale first wafted over Red Square, the queues are longer and crankier these days, thanks to chronic shortages. Biding one's time to buy soap or bread has become the form of public life most readily available to the masses. Soviets spend so much time waiting that the lines have generated a culture all their own: part rumor mill, information exchange, social club and town meeting...
...this time Silverado managers had little doubt about what was coming, even though their doors were still open. In January 1988 Wise asked the board of directors, including Bush, to sign a letter to the federal regulators asking that Silverado's charter be amended so they could take advantage of a state law under which corporate boards can exempt themselves from personal liability if they are found to have breached their fiduciary duties...
...budget negotiators remain far apart over who should bear the burden of politically explosive cuts in entitlement spending. Though both sides are willing to slash $73 billion from Medicare over the next five years, the agreement ends there. The White House would spread the pain equally among doctors, hospitals and patients, but the Democrats have avoided specific proposals...
...moment, Gorbachev's high-drama act has quieted complaints that the President himself is as guilty as anyone else of dithering amid the economic crisis. Though he says he favors the most radical plan before the parliament, a scheme that would demolish socialism and create a full-bodied market system within 500 days, Gorbachev insists on rejecting one of the proposal's fundamental provisions: the devolution of key economic powers to the 15 republics. Moreover, he suggested last week that the privatization of land, perhaps the most important aspect of the plan, be placed on a referendum for voters...