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Twenty-four paintings spanned the working life of the “bad boy” who died at age 38 in 1610, after reinventing conceptions of what a painting could be.

“For him, that’s the highest priority, and it matches his conception of American power, which is very much about maximizing those economic benefits, which matches the vision of these wealthy Gulf oil states,” Shapiro said.

How about something that challenges our very conception of life itself?

Most younger voters have no real conception of an era when working- and middle-class families could presume hard work would lead to better material circumstances.

In these and other parables, Jesus points us to the deficiency of our anthropocentric conception of fairness, directing our attention to something deeper about God’s love.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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