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…occurred many times throughout time. In 1637, the Pequot Indians were the unfortunate recipients of genocidal wrath when the Colonists exterminated them, and their village was set on fire in Connecticut. The colonists shot everybody; men, women, and children…

…several important effects. It brings out certain unattractive features in Oedipus' character, his wrath and his unjust haste to condemn without evidence. The portrayal of these features is important, for they perhaps explain in part his slaughter of Laius…

…be claimant to prophethood? He had said: "By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from the thorns, of figs from the thistles? Every good tree will bear good fruit and every evil tree will bear evil fruit... By their fruits ye shall know them…

…went into the kings gigantic storeroom. Robert took a roll of Kodiak fur, a large bottle of dried grapes, a flint, and then he actually headed to the kings animal keep, where he took one of the kings 20 falcons. He decided that he would need to do some…

…the body is supplied with the addictive substance; the lows are withdrawal symptoms. In his work with members of Alcoholics Anonymous, Randolph discovered that many were allergic/addicted to the sugars, grapes, and grains from which alcohol is made. He…

…crops include cereals such as corn and wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, and fruits (particularly grapes). Germany is definitely Slovenia's most important trading partner in both exports and imports. The other leading countries buying Slovenian goods are Croatia…

…are maize, wheat, sugar, potatoes, tobacco and fruit (including grapes, which support an expanding wine industry). Of these, sugar, maize and fruit provide substantial export earnings. Wool is SA's second biggest agricultural export commodity after maize…

…that, as Hawthorne remarks in the best tall-tale tradition, would ripen grapes. He is a manipulator of the democratic process, "skilled to adjust those preliminary measures, which steal from the people, without its knowledge, the power of choosing its own rulers" (p. 407…

…Springfield, of Joni Mitchell and Moby Grape. Crossbred with their essential blues foundation, this was a new direction that truly pushed the envelope of hard-rock. They were rewarded with their least-selling album yet. It didn't matter to Jimmy Page. The stage…

…jars produced organic remains of the Bronze Age seafarer's diet, namely, fish, figs, grapes, olives, spices and other staples. Of special interest to the economic historian are the dozens of stone weights, in various shapes and sizes, that were used to weigh…