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Nov. 9th, 2005 07:44 amA Is for Ancient, Describing an Alphabet Found Near Jerusalem
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, The New York Times, November 9, 2005
In the 10th century B.C., in the hill country south of Jerusalem, a scribe carved his A B C's on a limestone boulder - actually, his aleph-beth-gimel's, for the string of letters appears to be an early rendering of the emergent Hebrew alphabet.
Archaeologists digging in July at the site, Tel Zayit, found the inscribed stone in the wall of an ancient building. After an analysis of the layers of ruins, the discoverers concluded that this was the earliest known specimen of the Hebrew alphabet and an important benchmark in the history of writing, they said this week.
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School Board: Evolution Slate Outpolls Rivals
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, The New York Times, November 9, 2005
All eight members up for re-election to the Pennsylvania school board that had been sued for introducing the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in biology class were swept out of office yesterday by a slate of challengers who campaigned against the intelligent design policy.
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An Organic Cash Cow
By KIM SEVERSON, The New York Times, November 9, 2005
Alexis Gersten, a Long Island dentist, never thought about what she poured over her cereal until her son turned 1.
"Having a new milk drinker, I sort of wanted to start him off on the right foot," she said.
Ms. Gersten worried about what synthetic growth hormones, pesticides and antibiotics might do to her child and to the environment. She was concerned about the health of the cows and the survival of local farmers. So she became one of the new mothers who are making milk the fastest growing slice of the organic market. "Some of my friends who don't really think about feeding their children organic food will feed them organic milk," she said.
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By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, The New York Times, November 9, 2005
In the 10th century B.C., in the hill country south of Jerusalem, a scribe carved his A B C's on a limestone boulder - actually, his aleph-beth-gimel's, for the string of letters appears to be an early rendering of the emergent Hebrew alphabet.
Archaeologists digging in July at the site, Tel Zayit, found the inscribed stone in the wall of an ancient building. After an analysis of the layers of ruins, the discoverers concluded that this was the earliest known specimen of the Hebrew alphabet and an important benchmark in the history of writing, they said this week.
( Read More )
School Board: Evolution Slate Outpolls Rivals
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, The New York Times, November 9, 2005
All eight members up for re-election to the Pennsylvania school board that had been sued for introducing the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in biology class were swept out of office yesterday by a slate of challengers who campaigned against the intelligent design policy.
( Read More )
An Organic Cash Cow
By KIM SEVERSON, The New York Times, November 9, 2005
Alexis Gersten, a Long Island dentist, never thought about what she poured over her cereal until her son turned 1.
"Having a new milk drinker, I sort of wanted to start him off on the right foot," she said.
Ms. Gersten worried about what synthetic growth hormones, pesticides and antibiotics might do to her child and to the environment. She was concerned about the health of the cows and the survival of local farmers. So she became one of the new mothers who are making milk the fastest growing slice of the organic market. "Some of my friends who don't really think about feeding their children organic food will feed them organic milk," she said.
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