TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BABYLON»
The term «Babylon» is very widely used and occupies the
13.372 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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9 QUOTES WITH «BABYLON»
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Babylon.
I had a great run on Babylon 5. It was a lot of fun.
Humanity is actually under the control of dinosaur-like alien reptiles called the Babylon Brotherhood who must consume human blood to maintain their human appearance.
The collapse of the Tower of Babel is perhaps the central urban myth. It is certainly the most disquieting. In Babylon, the great city that fascinated and horrified the Biblical writers, people of different races and languages, drawn together in pursuit of wealth, tried for the first time to live together - and failed.
Saddam Hussein was fascinated by ancient Babylon and Assyria. He made money available to protect and develop the great archaeological sites. The great achievements of Mesopotamian civilisation were pressed into the service of the Ba'athist regime.
While I pride myself on trying to be creative in all areas of my life, I have occasionally gone overboard, like the time I decided to bring to a party a salad that I constructed, on a huge rattan platter, to look like a miniature scale model of the Gardens of Babylon.
Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It's one big novel told over five years with 110 different stories told within it.
I was doing Babylon 5 season two and I was in all 22 episodes of that.
I never felt totally, 100%, patriotically English... I'd seen a lot of the world by an early age - sort of spent a lot of time traveling around Lebanon and I'd seen Babylon, and Damascus, and all sorts of places in the Middle East by the time I was ten. Then we'd return to Ruslip in West London... Done a fair bit of traveling really.
What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome! The four successive, universal powers of the past. What and where are they?
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BABYLON»
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Babylon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Babylon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Richest Man in
Babylon
Presents eleven ancient Babylonian tales about the way to achieve financial success.
George Samuel Clason, 1988
A behind-the-scenes tour of the cutthroat side of the fashion industry is co-authored by an anonymous A-list British designer and focuses around the Fashion Week activities of London, Paris, and New York, in a controversial account that ...
Imogen Edwards-Jones, Anonymous, 2007
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Chanting Down
Babylon: The Rastafari Reader
Probing into Rastafari's still evolving belief system, political goals, and cultural expression, the contributors to this volume emphasize the importance of Africana history and the Caribbean context.
Nathaniel Samuel Murrell, William David Spencer, Adrian Anthony McFarlane, 1998
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George S. Clason's The Richest Man in
Babylon: A 52 ...
This brilliant interpretation of The Richest Man in Babylon is an entertaining accompaniment to one of the most famous books on personal finance ever written.
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Modern
Babylon?: Prostituting Children in Thailand
This book is the first to address the children directly, to examine their daily lives, their motivations and their perceptions of what they do.
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By the Rivers of
Babylon
Lod Airport, Israel: Two Concorde jets take off for a U.N. conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East.
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Cultures in
Babylon: Black Britain and African America
For a decade and a half, since she first appeared in the Birmingham Centre's collective volume The Empire Strikes Back, Hazel Carby has been on the frontline of the debate over multicultural education in Britain and the US. This book brings ...
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Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the Shaping of the ...
Through a consideration of the gestures, costuming, vocal techniques, and stagecraft developed by African American singers and dancers, Jayna Brown explains how these women shaped the movement and style of an emerging urban popular culture.
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Babylon: Wissenskultur in Orient und Okzident
In this collection of interdisciplinary papers, for the first time well-known scholars of Ancient Near Eastern Studies discuss Babylon from the point of view of the 'culture of knowledge'.
Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum, Margarete van Ess, Joachim Marzahn, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BABYLON»
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Babylon is used in the context of the following news items.
N. Babylon Woman Arrested After Robbery Outside Bar
A 25-year-old North Babylon woman is charged with third degree robbery following an incident outside a North Babylon bar last Friday night, ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
Funny or Die follows up “The Spoils of Babylon” with “The Spoils …
Following up on its pitch-perfect parody of overwrought novels and epic miniseries of days gone by with The Spoils of Babylon, Funny or Die ... «Channel Guide Magazine, Jul 15»
Deer Park Fire Leaves Woman Dead
Homicide Squad and Arson Section detectives and the Town of Babylon Fire Marshal's office are continuing the investigation. Facebook ... «Long Island Press, Jul 15»
'Devastating Fire' Rips Through Babylon Shopping Center
Stork's Prime Meats of Babylon posted the following message: “Stork's will be closed until further notice, due to a devastating fire in the ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
Babylon Town officials consider laws to regulate yard sales
An unidentified person looks at the offerings in the yard of a West Babylon home that was conducting an estate sale on June 24, 2015. (Credit: ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
Horace & Sylvia's in Babylon closes for renovation
At Horace and Sylvia's Publick House in Babylon, lobster bisque is made in the classic fashion. (Credit: Newsday / Erica Marcus ). If you were ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
Sun Ra Arkestra/Marshall Allen: Babylon Live review – otherwordly …
Celebrating the centenary of inimitable African American composer/keyboardist Sun Ra's birth last year, and the memory of pioneering Turkish ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Beachgoers on alert after possible shark sighting at Babylon beach
They actually cleared swimmers for about a 4 mile stretch after lifeguards at Babylon's Overlook Beach spotted what definitely looked like a ... «WABC-TV, Jul 15»
Police seek robber of North Babylon bank
A bank in North Babylon was robbed Thursday morning, police said in asking for help in nabbing the suspect. The robber gave the Capital One ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
5 Tips To Help You Avoid Getting Eaten by a Shark
Beachgoers in Babylon got a scare Wednesday afternoon after a shark sighting at Overlook Beach. Lifeguards spotted the shark, estimated to ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
