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  • I was shopping in Siloam Springs AR today and found everything I needed!

    Christmas and a cup of champurrado | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008

  • And when someone showed the photos on Facebook to administrators at John Brown University, a Christian college in Siloam Springs, Ark., it was "the last straw for them," says Guinn, 22, who is gay.

    Generation Next index 2007

  • "When you consider that a ball can be struck anywhere from 60-80 miles per hour, there's not a whole lot of time for the goalkeeper to react," says Bob Gustavson, professor of health science and men's soccer coach at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark. As part of his doctoral dissertation in biomechanics in 1997, Gustavson analyzed penalty kicks.

    USATODAY.com - Stopping a soccer penalty kick is quite a feat 2003

  • A time for old towers to fall, as that in Siloam (Luke xii. 4), and for the temple itself to be so ruined as that not one stone should be left upon another; but also a time for towers and trophies too to be erected, when national affairs prosper.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • Comments like these are cherished by the couple, who chose the name Siloam from the Bible's

    Kitsap Sun Stories 2010

  • 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them — do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

    Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil? 2010

  • 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • Indeed, the ancient text commemorating the work, now known as the Siloam inscription, captures the drama of the project as it neared completion, describing how the tunnel was cut by two teams hewing their way toward each other from opposite ends of the tunnel: . . . when the tunnel was driven through.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

  • Indeed, the ancient text commemorating the work, now known as the Siloam inscription, captures the drama of the project as it neared completion, describing how the tunnel was cut by two teams hewing their way toward each other from opposite ends of the tunnel: . . . when the tunnel was driven through.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

  • Indeed, the ancient text commemorating the work, now known as the Siloam inscription, captures the drama of the project as it neared completion, describing how the tunnel was cut by two teams hewing their way toward each other from opposite ends of the tunnel: . . . when the tunnel was driven through.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

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