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Ea's duplicity can be traced to nine lines in the text, says Worthington....SNIP"What the people don't realize is that Ea's nine-line message is a trick: it is a sequence of sounds that can be understood in radically different ways, like English 'ice cream' and 'I scream,'" Worthington explained.Like "ice cream" and "I scream," Ea's words have multiple meanings that are phonetically the same. While a more optimistic reading might interpret Ea's comments as a promise of plentiful food to come, other more pessimistic readings could decipher his words as a flood warning.The lines in the flood story, written in Babylonian...

Bagram Airfield-BAF Bagram, Afghanistan 10:45 P.M. AFT PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. (Applause.) That was great. And we just had a nice Thanksgiving dinner. I thought I was going to be having it someplace else, and Senator Barrasso is a great friend of mine, and he said, “That’ll be great if we did it.” I said, “You come with me, John.” And he came with me. John, thank you very much. Great friend of ours. He’s a great senator and a great man. (Applause.) And I want to thank General Milley. Special warrior. He’s a special warrior. And...

Remarks by President Trump and President Ghani of Afghanistan After Bilateral Meeting | Bagram, Afghanistan 455th Air Wing Command Building Bagram Airfield-BAF Bagram, Afghanistan 10:02 P.M. AFT PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. It’s great to be in Afghanistan with our troops. And we had a wonderful Thanksgiving lunch. It was abbreviated a little bit, but we served lunch and had lunch. And these are great people, and it’s also wonderful to be with the President of Afghanistan. And, President Ghani, thank you very much. It’s an honor. We have a lot of things to talk about — many,...

North DFAC Bagram Airfield-BAF Bagram, Afghanistan 9:08 P.M. AFST THE PRESIDENT: We’re going to be getting together. We’ll be saying a few words in a little while. But it’s an honor to be with you. We brought Senator Barrasso. As you know, he’s a great supporter of our military services. And nobody is like you. We spent two and a half trillion since I’ve been here. That’s a lot of money. But we rebuilt our military. It was depleted, as you know, and now it’s — I guess, the word “depletion” is about the last word we’d use, right? PARTICIPANT:...

HAMILTON, Ala. - Tara Estes was almost breathless with excitement because she thought one of the more mysterious elements of the JonBenet Ramsey ransom note finally had been revealed. She climbed the steps to Jeff Brown's rickety porch, brushed aside an orange wasp and sat down on a dirty ice cooler. "Shall be the conqueror," she said Friday afternoon to a couple of quizzical looks. "S.B.T.C." Ah, yes. The ransom note that asked John Ramsey to turn over $118,000 for the safe return of 6-year-old JonBenet has been analyzed over and over for nearly a decade. The long, rambling ransom...

Aug 16, 2006 3:37 pm US/Central Arrest Made In JonBenet Ramsey Case CBS News Interactive: The JonBenet Case (CBS) DENVER A man arrested in Thailand is being held in connection with the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, U.S. law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Federal officials familiar with the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man was being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges. Details on the arrest are developing, according to CBS affiliate KCNC-TV in Denver. Patsy Ramsey made the 911 call on December 26, 1996, telling police that her daughter was missing. "There's a note left...