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DAVID YOUNT: Coping with the Bible can be difficult task

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:28:00 -0700
The Bible can be a source of strength for young and old alike. But the challenge every reader of the Bible encounters at the outset is that it is formidable in length — my copy runs to 1,862 pages of tiny type — and, to all appearances, lacks a coherent plot. Whereas dictionaries and encyclopedias are alphabetized for easy reference, the reader of Scripture needs a weighty Concordance to ...
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The Committee proposed the establishment of a Finno-Ugric encyclopedia

Sat, 19 May 2012 05:55:59 -0700
Today, 18 may, the Bureau met in Syktyvkar-Russia social movement “Association of Finno-Ugric peoples in the Russian Federation”. About this BakuToday It was reported in the press service of the Governor and the Government of the region.
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Information hoarders

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:05:34 -0700
History professor and author of "Too Much to Know" Ann Blair tells us what researchers have been discovering about how earlier human societies collected, organized and used information. Our topic is the history of information. Before we broach the books, please sketch the evolution of this subject as a field of academic inquiry. The history of information has developed especially in the last 10 ...
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