Salvage of a lifetime faith work after fire at Catholic university
Father Albert Jamme returns to a charred office in Washington's Catholic University to salvage 35 years of semitic language research. Fire destroyed his notes, photos, and a soon-to-be unwritten dictionary, yet students and faculty rally to save his life’s work and plan renewed study in Yemen. a Ford Foundation grant follows weeks later.
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NOVE
Albert Jemime
Catholic University
John Barbour
Washington
Yemen
Christ
Arabian Peninsula
Albert Jamme
Servant of God
Job
Pere Jamme
Uni
Ant
Calvary
Ford Foundation
Trump promotion or demotion in bridge play vignette
A bridge problem describes South aiming for extra tricks after a heart queen lead. The line uses a trump promotion tactic with cross to dummy, overruff, and careful continuation to reach a six trick score, highlighting a possible top score in duplicate play. North-South vulnerable.
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South
East
North's reply after South opens one spade
A reader asks how North should respond to South opening spade with a hand of 9 4 1 0 0 8 7 4 4 9 3 6 5. The column notes that two spades was considered risky and two diamonds would not be criticized, acknowledging the hand as a troubled example where any choice could lead to trouble.
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Arabia
South Arabia
Florida
North
South
West
Elly
Gateway to Hades Beckons From Avernus Lake Italy
Historic Lake Avernus near Pozzuali in the Gulf of Naples is touted as the "Gateway to Hades." The article notes dark waters, volcanic fumes, a cave called the Grotto of the Sibyl, an underwater vestibule and chamber, and tales from Homer to Nero about fear of the nether world. Ancient tunnels, legends, and a ruined temple amid lingering mystery attract curious visitors and scholars alike.
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Lago D'Averno
Italy
Hades
Lake Avernus
Ulysses
Tiresias
Harles
Virgil
Luke Avernus
Avernus
Pozzuali
Gulf of Naples
Salitude
Octavian
Mediterranean
Caesar Augustus
Augustus
Hannibal
B.C
Nero
Apollo
Music in 19th and 20th Century History
A concise survey tracing music's role across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, highlighting social change, cultural shifts, and the interplay between composers, performers, and political movements that shaped sound and society.
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Desert Tuing
Belghum
Istanbul
Bombay
London
Germany
Saudi Arabia
By Oswald
James Jacoby
North Aig
West Newshaw
Marmaduke
Anderson & Seeming
Aerospace Studies
Nat'l
Business
Russia
U.S
Liberal Arts
Philsophy & Religion
Elon
Office of Continuing Education
Gage Union Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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