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Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti: Sacred Drama and ...

Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti: Sacred Drama and ...

Deborah W. Rooke

The main actors in the libretto, as in the biblical story, are Deborah, Barak, and Jael, and so they will be discussed in turn, beginning with Barak. a. Barak The libretto's presentation of Barak is perhaps its most important difference from the ...
The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains

The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains

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(1) Barak: I finish work early today. Sagit: So, do you want to go to the movies? Barak: I don't really feel like seeing a movie. Sagit: So maybe we could go dancing? Barak: No, at the end of the night my feet will hurt and I'll be tired. Sagit: You're ...
Israeli Peacemaking Since 1967: Factors Behind the ...

Israeli Peacemaking Since 1967: Factors Behind the ...

Galia Golan

149 Yet Barak was not known to be indecisive but, rather, calculating if impulsive; he presumably calculated that he could not overcome the domestic obstacles in the face of a referendum. Clinton, however, attributed this to Barak«s relatively ...
Eve's Garden

Eve's Garden

J. Hannah Orden

Diana laid her hand on Barak to calm him, desperate to be of use somehow. She imagined the scene that had taken place in the orchard, pictured Benny scrambling to his feet while Simon went after Barak. Then, as if she too had been  ...
Deborah and Barak: If God Be with Us

Deborah and Barak: If God Be with Us

Trudy J. Morgan-Cole

After two years of raids and ambushes, Barak's band had grown to about 120 men. Everyone — Hebrews and Canaanites — now recognized him as more than a bandit chief. The word was out that the king of Hazor had put a price on the head ...
The Dismantling of Japan's Empire in East Asia: ...

The Dismantling of Japan's Empire in East Asia: ...

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Deimperialization, Postwar Legitimation and Imperial Afterlife Barak Kushner, Sherzod Muminov ... search for postwar legitimacy BARAK KUSHNER 4 The collapse of the Japanese empire and the great migrations: repatriation, assimilation, ...
I Sleep at Red Lights: A True Story of Life After Triplets

I Sleep at Red Lights: A True Story of Life After Triplets

Bruce Stockler

Barak will yell. Barak is still exploring his feminine side. He loves to play with Barbies and requested a Barbie cake at his fourth birthday. He owns a pair of plastic high-heeled shoes—after screaming in jealousy over Hannah's pair— which he ...
Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's ...

Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's ...

Barak Kushner

Barak Kushner explores the history of ramen and Japan's noodle culture over the last 1000 years.
The Odyssey Gene:

The Odyssey Gene:

Kfir Luzzatto

... anymore, avoice came from the communication panel onBarak's desk. “The Deputy Minister willsee you now,” said Eva. “Come on, John,” said Barak. He gotup quickly and walked to the door without looking back toseeif Johnwas following.
Lebanese Army, The: A National Institution in a Divided Society

Lebanese Army, The: A National Institution in a Divided Society

Oren Barak

Comprehensive study of the Lebanese Army from Lebanon’s independence to the present.
Practical Soldiers: Israel’s Military Thought and Its ...

Practical Soldiers: Israel’s Military Thought and Its ...

Avi Kober

Although Israeli officials like former Defense Minister Ehud Barak and former Chief of AMAN Amos Yadlin have stressed cyber warfare's defensive value, it can also be applied in an offensive manner, as happened in the case of the destruction ...
Book of God (Reissue)

Book of God (Reissue)

Walter Wangerin

Arise! Even peasants must take the field! For the Lord is emerging from Sinai! Look how the heavens crack and tremble at his coming! The earth shakes! Mountains roar before the Lord! Barak, arise! Man of lightning, come and take captives!
Japanese Confucianism: A Cultural History

Japanese Confucianism: A Cultural History

Kiri Paramore

The book's outlook has since been enriched by conversations with Milinda Banerjee, Benjamin Elman, Matsuda Ko ̄ichiro ̄, Sugawara Hikaru, O ̄kubo Takeharu, Chen-Tao Shih, Barak Kushner, Hans Martin Krämer, Mark Teeuwen,  ...
Examining Japan's Lost Decades

Examining Japan's Lost Decades

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Yoichi Funabashi, Barak Kushner. Conclusion In this context, it is correct to observe, as Shiraishi Takashi does in Chapter 11, that Japan's decline was in some sense a byproduct of Asia's rise. Indeed, Asia's rise, including that of China,  ...
The Middle East and North Africa 2004

The Middle East and North Africa 2004

Taylor & Francis Group

A fine of 13.5m. new shekels was imposed on Barak's One Israel, although the Prime Minister himself disclaimed any responsibility for the origin of party funds. On 8 March 2000 the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Itzhak ...
Divided We Stand: American Jews, Israel, and the Peace Process

Divided We Stand: American Jews, Israel, and the Peace Process

Ofira Seliktar

AWACS sale, 67-68; and Barak government, 182; and Breira group, 38—39; Camp David II, 191-192; and Carter administration, 49; congressional lobby, 9-10 . 32; criticism of, 84, 104- 105; defeat of, 103; and Ford administration, 37; internal  ...
On Time: Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt

On Time: Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt

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87. Ibid. 88. Baedeker,Egypt, xxxiii. 89. On the importance ofcolloquial Arabic during this period, see Ziad Fahmy, Ordinary Egyptians. 90. Taha Husayn, Hafiz wa-Shawqi, 4th ed. (Cairo, 1958), 4—5. 91. Taha Husayn, “Fi al-jaw,”Al-Risalah,  ...
Japanese War Criminals: The Politics of Justice After the ...

Japanese War Criminals: The Politics of Justice After the ...

Sandra Wilson

... Sarah Kovner, Barak Kushner, Mike Lan, Kerstin von Lingen, Suzannah Linton, Matsuda Kōichirō, Takeshi Moriyama, Narrelle Morris, Nagai Hitoshi, Sakamoto Kazuto, Franziska Seraphim, Carolyn Strange, Yuma Totani, and David Wells.
Social Inequality in Post-Growth Japan: Transformation ...

Social Inequality in Post-Growth Japan: Transformation ...

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... Yoichi Funabashi and Barak Kushner Japanese Women in Science and Engineering History and policy change Naonori Kodate and Kashiko Kodate Japan's Border Issues Pitfalls and prospects Akihiro Iwashita Japan, Russia and Territorial ...
Outlawed Pigs: Law, Religion, and Culture in Israel

Outlawed Pigs: Law, Religion, and Culture in Israel

Daphne Barak-Erez

These issues are comprehensively discussed in Menachem Mautner's writings. See Menachem Mautner, The Decline of Formalism and the Rise of Values in Israeli Law (Tel- Aviv: Ma'gele da'at, 1993), 127— 28 (reference to "the renewed  ...
The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda

The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda

Barak Kushner

His research is the first of its kind to treat propaganda as a profession in wartime Japan.The Thought War will be important for not only students of Japanese history and culture but also those interested in comparative studies of World War ...
The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda

The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda

Barak Kushner

His research is the first of its kind to treat propaganda as a profession in wartime Japan.The Thought War will be important for not only students of Japanese history and culture but also those interested in comparative studies of World War ...
Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and ...

Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and ...

Barak Kushner

112.SakakuraKiyoshi,“Warattaeiji,”Chūkirenno.14(September2009):63–64. 113. April 30, 2007, Nishinihon shimbun (morning edition). 114. http://www.mofa.go.jp/ mofaj/gaiko/bluebook/2002/gaikou/html/honpen/index.html. 115. KirkA. Denton ...

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