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Crime in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Crime in Washington, D.C., peaked in the early 1990s, when it was known as the murder capital of the United States. Crime rates have since declined substantially as gentrification has spread across many parts of the city.

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NASA - Columbia - Home

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Palestine was the object of conquest for thousands of years. As the land bridge linking the African and Asian continents it was highly desirable for military and economic reasons. Past conquerors include the Egyptians, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, and the Turks. Jews living in Palestine asserted their independence from the British in 1948 and founded the modern state of Israel.
The book of Joshua is the story of how the Israelites entered the land of Canaan in order to create a homeland. Under the leadership of Joshua, the descendants of Jacob, now called the Israelites, entered Canaan and began to settle there. The book of Joshua picks up the story where Deuteronomy left off--with the death of Moses. It exhibits both historical and thematic continuity with the Torah. One of the central themes of the Pentateuch was the promise of land, and the book of Joshua details the actualization of this promise.
The book of Joshua consists of three major sections. Chapters 1-12 contain stories of military confrontations with Canaanites resulting in victory for the Israelites. Chapters 13-21 delineate Canaanite territories that were distributed among the twelve tribes of Israel. Chapters 22-24 wrap up the book with Joshua bidding farewell to the Israelites.

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District of Columbia: Origin of Place Name District of...

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District of Columbia: So named in honor of Christopher Columbus. Applied through poetical justice to Columbus, and first used by Dr. Timothy Dwight in a popular song written by him which began; Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies."

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Timothy Dwight V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rated May 10 2007 • 1 review • university • wikipedia.org

he became professor of sacred literature at Yale at the opening of the next college year. His work in the Divinity School continued until 1886, when he was elected president of Yale College.

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Scientists discover vast intergalactic cloud of plasma

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Rated May 07 2007 • 1 review • wikipedia.org

These hands are divided into twenty-eight sections, each containing a Hebrew letter. Twenty-eight, in Hebrew numbers, spells the word Koach = strength. At the bottom of the hand, the two letters on each hand combine to form יהוה, the name of God.

It is also worth noting that the position of each hand in this image forms the Hebrew letter shin ( ש ), the first letter in Shaddai ( שדי ), the name of God that refers to Him as a protector. This is likely the root of the Vulcan greeting from Star Trek, in which one forms the same shape with one's hand and confers a wish of security and prosperity upon the person being greeted.

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