| 单词 | oracle |
| 例句 | The babalawos consulted the oracles with all their powers of divination. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Delphi under towering Parnassus, where Apollo’s oracle was, plays an important part in mythology. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In his agony of doubt he journeyed to Delphi to ask the oracle to help him, and Apollo spoke to him in clear words bidding him, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby and April wanted to try the oracle once more to see what would happen, but no one else seemed very enthusiastic. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby had a pretty good idea of what an oracle was but he decided to ask Mrs. Granger about it, in the hopes of getting her started on one of her long-winded explanations. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z During library period, which came next, a lot of people got stuff to read about oracles, and that afternoon there was another discussion in class. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They were very unfortunate young people, but they were far from being monsters all would shudder to look at, as the oracle had told Oedipus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The next two or three days the Egyptians met in Egypt as usual, but they didn’t play games or consult the oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt that he must get counsel from the oracle and he would not hear of her sharing the perils of the voyage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, when the oracle warned Laius that he would die at the hands of his son he determined that this should not be. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they would write it on a piece of paper and bring the paper to the temple of the oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z April and Melanie and Elizabeth all tried because they could see how hard he was going to take it if the oracle didn’t come through. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And though it's clear to anyone with an ounce of logic that they are a pack of charlatans, they're lionized throughout the Empire not just as immortal, but as oracles and mind-readers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He had left his home, Corinth, where he was held to be the son of the King, Polybus, and the reason for his self-exile was another Delphic oracle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The usurper Pelias had been told by an oracle that he would die at the hands of kinsmen, and that he should beware of anyone whom he saw shod with only a single sandal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “O oracle of the god,” Jocasta cried, “where are you now? The man died, but not by his son’s hand.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At a crossroads a ground set with dolmen stones where the spoken bones of oracles lay moldering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “We have also consulted the oracle stones about the invitation, and they called for Taisin, your classmate, to accompany the prince.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ismene, who had come to tell her father the good news of this oracle, was with her sister when he died and afterward they were both sent safely home by Theseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have anything in mind. It’s just that I don't want anybody else to either. At least, not until we find out what the oracle can do all by itself.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Various matters had happened to disturb him and he wished to consult the oracle, men’s refuge in trouble. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At Delphi where he went to consult the oracle, the priestess looked at the matter just as he did. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the articles and blogs are any help—he’s saying the same thing in all of them, and people are painting him as either a freak or an oracle. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Pilar has this book, a Chinese oracle, that predicts the future. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For Pomp, who begs tales of horror and enchantment, Olakunde recounted tales of the red monkey who with withered lips enounced sacred knowledge to the oracles of Oyo. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The gods had to be propitiated, and a vast industry of priests and oracles arose to make the gods less angry. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished I could say that like the House of Atreus or Cadmus we were suffering for the sins of our forefathers, or fulfilling an ancient Greek oracle. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They abandoned their carriage- house oracle and split the profits, even though the only one who had cared about the material side of things had been Nana. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Neither prophets nor oracles have any knowledge,” she said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My philosophy on school was that of a gang of ten-, eleven- and twelve-year-olds whom I so revered that their every word seemed that of an oracle. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The oracle answered: “With blood and with a maiden slain you calmed the winds when first you came to Troy. With blood must your return be sought. With a Greek life make expiation.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No one stirred or spoke until Ekheneos broke the spell—an old man, eldest of the Phaiakians, an oracle, versed in the laws and manners of old time. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you have... I don’t know,” Percy said, “an oracle or something?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Pallas Athena had been exceedingly angry, Sinon said, at the theft of the Palladium, and the Greeks in terror had sent to the oracle to ask how they could appease her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not want to quarrel with Apollo, he only wanted an answer from his oracle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sent by the oracle at Delphi to purify Athens of a plague. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead I knelt on the floor, feeling like a pilgrim begging advice from an all-knowing oracle. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was a brave deed, for the oracle had said that he who landed first would be the first to die. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But the fact of the matter was, he had a scheme that was going to make the oracle bit just about the greatest thing that had ever hit the land of Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “The oracle stones would not have chosen you if you didn’t know enough. And what’s ‘enough’ anyway? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “But I thought you were expecting the oracle to do its own answers. Or did you change your mind?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At his side was a redheaded girl Jason recognized from Camp Half-Blood—their oracle, Rachel Elizabeth Dare. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He, too, like Laius, thought to make it impossible for the oracle to come true; he resolved never to see Polybus again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At that point, Melanie suggested that perhaps the questions to the oracle ought to be written in hieroglyphics, but for some reason Toby was against it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was decided that they would draw straws and the winner would get to be the first one to ask the oracle a question. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She was here because the oracle stones said she was part of this journey to discover what the Fairy Queen knew. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He had a presence about him, the solemnity of an oracle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The oldest preserved Chinese writing of the late Shang Dynasty consists of religious divination about dynastic affairs, incised into so-called oracle bones. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The oracles all had special sacred places, caves or grottoes or specially built temples, and there were all sorts of far-out things connected with them like sacred fires and mystic vapors and magical statues. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, he was absolutely positive that the oracle was going to find his octopus for him. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “The rest of us are priests and attendants of the Oracle. And I’m the high priestess who is the only one who can go into the altar room where the oracle gives out the answers.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the gaze of a seer, of a holy oracle whose power and authority were drawn from the very universe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z With their reign Apollo’s oracle at Delphi began to play a leading part in the family’s fortunes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When, in other words, did I become the oracle? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It all grew out of the fact that an assignment the class was reading just barely mentioned something called an oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As a matter of fact, I was about to quit the oracle business even before the rest of you decided to, yesterday. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z April had her mind set on the kind of oracle that got its messages from the gods through a high priestess with fits. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby said that was necessary so no one would have a chance to fool around with the oracle before everyone was there. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Did you happen to notice that the oracle’s handwriting was a little bit shaky? The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a cute idea. No, I’m afraid were fresh out of oracles. Now, if we’d gone questing for the Sibylline books, like I recommended—” “The Siba-what?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The oracle which once had spoken terrible words to him comforted him when he was dying. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father finally traveled to an oracle of Apollo to ask his advice on how to get her a good husband. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave him a bottle of whisky and some money to buy a goat for the oracle. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So, when Toby turned to them a moment later and thundered, “Kneel and bow low—O ancient Egyptians—before the miracle of the oracle!” they hurried to obey. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Where was my answer, the riddle of the oracle, the ambiguous utterance of prophecy? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He broke in upon her words to tell her what filled his mind so that nothing else could reach it: the terrible words of the oracle of Apollo. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since the unsolved mystery of the oracle, Egypt, although still fascinating, had ceased to be an entirely comfortable place. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he heard it, Toby remembered reading something about the Egyptian priests making predictions, but he just hadn’t been thinking about the oracles in connection with the Egypt Game until that moment. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look,” he said, “I was the One who wrote those answers. I was the oracle. But I don't know where Marshall’s old octopus is. What’re we going to do?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They had learned, they said, and knew for a fact, that her husband was not a man, but the fearful serpent Apollo’s oracle had declared he would be. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Besides, that’s not what I asked you. We were talking about when I became the oracle instead of the listener.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Ken had written his question, Toby grabbed the folded paper, and, stepping up to the new altar, he started right in being the priest of the oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z So Toby asked a question about oracles and sure enough it worked. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the pointers he gave me I already knew, but the fact that it was he saying them turned them into utterings from an oracle. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Apollo’s oracle gave him hope, but only at the risk of his life. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But fortunately, here again, there seemed to be no logical reason to believe that that mystery could have any connection with the mystery of the oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the stuff reported to the class was a list of the countries that had depended on oracles to help the rulers decide how to run things. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When the wailing chant was going strong, April suddenly cried, “Stop! The mighty Thoth has heard us. The oracle has spoken!” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z An oracle told him, however, that he would be able to see again if he went to the east and let the rays of the rising sun fall on his eyes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounds like improbable urban-planning advice, but such were the words of Apollo’s oracle to Androclos, who used them to found the ancient city of Ephesus. 36 Hours in Izmir, Turkey 2013-08-21T21:03:40Z Though each of Vietri’s orders possesses a theme — “oracles and divinations” or “animism and alchemy” — as a whole the books veer wildly from subject to subject. Intrigued by a Mysterious Customer, a Young Bookseller Sets Out to Find Him 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z She’s seen thousands of years of humans trying to make it work over and over and is the all-knowing oracle in the space. Cherdonna Shinatra takes her subversive clowning to Frye Art Museum with ‘DITCH’ 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z I was working from my home office Thursday morning, watching a recent clip of coronavirus oracle Anthony S. Fauci, when the crying roared from the downstairs living room. Perspective | I want to cuddle with my kids, but is it safe? 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z His Twitter followers have quadrupled in number since November, with a certain faction of the public seeking him out as an oracle. John Dean experienced Watergate from inside. He’s watching Donald Trump closely. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z One requiring the powerful oracle that is Google. Justin Theroux reveals a tawdry past peppered with mug shots 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Despite his pretense of nonbelief, Basilius is disturbed by the oracle’s dark words and decides to outrun misfortune by getting out of Arcadia. Review: In ‘Head Over Heels,’ Jukebox Musical Meets Elizabethan Romance 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Heather is happy to be Colin’s oracle, his nemesis, his rival and his fiend — but definitely not his protector. Fissures Splinter a Family’s Suburban Facade 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Berman was a figure of admiration and mystique—tall and handsome, with the aura of a low-key oracle. David Berman Made Us Feel Less Alone 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z But these irritations are swept aside by the energy of the writing and some great set pieces, the best being a wonderfully vivid description of the oracle at Delphi. Halo by Zizou Corder | Book review 2010-03-20T00:08:00Z As one “Inventing Anna” character puts it, speaking with the cool clarity of a Shondaland oracle: “Everyone here is running a game. Everyone here needs to score. Everyone here is hustling.” Hollywood Bets Big on the Bad Entrepreneur 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z For better and worse, some stand-ups are now treated like political oracles on social media. Sarah Silverman Wants to Pop Your Bubble 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Despite being Buddhist, many Ladakhis cling to ancient animist practices, and there are still three oracles in the nearby valleys. Journeys: In India, Luxury Arrives in a Himalayan Haven 2011-01-21T19:55:00Z He was our dependable deep river oracle, the silver-haired sea captain navigating around the shoals of endemic narcissism to lead us to the promised port of the Declaration of Independence. Perspective | David McCullough helped America understand itself 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z We used the random function as a kind of oracle. RIP Apple iPod: As technology becomes obsolete, it becomes nostalgic 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The conductor is an oracle and interpreter, a guide and disciplinarian—and, for me, a novice aficionado of classical music, a necessary hand in the dark and a useful focal point. Teodor Currentzis Brings His Intense Verdi to New York 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z These existential questions, best addressed by philosophers, clergy and shrinks, have found a new oracle. What hue looks best on you? Color analysis is back to help us obsess over our personal identities. 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z F Scott Fitzgerald with his wife Zelda: he felt that Tales of the Jazz Age would appeal to 'the countless flappers and college kids who think I am a sort of oracle'. Tales of the Jazz Age/ All the Sad Young Men by F Scott Fitzgerald – review 2013-05-12T10:00:07Z A decade later, in “Entertaining Is Fun!” the steamrolling domestic oracle Dorothy Draper unloaded on lazy bones who always fall back on the same dish. T Magazine: Sitting Pretty 2011-12-01T15:58:13Z “Tragic for a country that is a culinary oracle.” Stanley Tucci’s Passion Was Acting. Now, It’s Food. 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z We used the random function as a kind of oracle, a spin-the-wheel of musical signs. RIP Apple iPod: As technology becomes obsolete, it becomes nostalgic 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The ground splits and cracks into fissures as enigmatic as oracle bones. Woman Fish by Dorothy Tse, translated by Nicky Harman 2013-03-21T13:24:10Z The priestess then consulted with the spirits by using cowrie shells and kola nuts, rolling them like dice and interpreting their landing positions like modern-day oracle bones. In Benin, up close with a serpent deity, a Temple of Pythons and Vodun priests 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z As we frame an activist like Thunberg as a kind of celebrity oracle, we transfer our own responsibilities onto a teenager with a preternatural command of dismal statistics. Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z When an oracle speaks it is not for us to say thanks but to attend to the message. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z She listens for the “psychotic burst of the mail slot,” or self-googles, or checks her “inbox like an oracle, to remind myself that I still exist.” Locked in a Creative Struggle, With Rilke as Her Guide 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Every day for a week I have been looking into this pitiless oracle – and the news is never good. HiMirror Mini Premium – a pitiless oracle that points out every one of my wrinkles and spots 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The speaker watches events unfold with the wisdom of an oracle sent to witness but not disturb. National Book Award finalists for poetry Robbie speaks in italics throughout, as if he were an oracle or, like the baby in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” imaginary. In ‘Bewilderment,’ Richard Powers Smothers Nature With Piety 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z More significant than this dire omen is the casting of the oracle. “Head Over Heels,” Reviewed: A Trans-Positive Spin on a Sixteenth-Century Romance, with Help from the Go-Go’s 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Its text is an 11th-century recasting of the prophecy of the Erythraean Sibyl, an ancient pagan oracle whose vision was included, poetically, in St. Augustine’s “City of God.” Music Review: Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia at the Morgan Library 2012-03-08T00:17:59Z "Something will turn up," he said, sounding a bit like an oracle. Sex in trees 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Maitland's teeming novel strives for epic status, jumping around between narrators and countries, giving us oracle twins, a powerless child king and a wily adventurer who may not be what he seems. Thrillers: John O'Connell's choice – reviews 2012-08-10T21:55:07Z The oracle answers snappily, “How is gender germane to the discussion?” “Head Over Heels,” Reviewed: A Trans-Positive Spin on a Sixteenth-Century Romance, with Help from the Go-Go’s 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Pollster: An oracle who has swapped entrails for numbers, with similar accuracy. Style Invitational Week 1204: At least ... 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Phaedra and her oracle attendants, clothed in head-to-toe burkas, endure reels of soldierly harassment; but when the virgin queen needs to escape, her handmaiden prove wondrously efficient in the use of cutlery. Immortals: Crash, Bash and Flash of the Titans 2011-11-11T10:00:47Z I went, ready for him to impart his wisdom like an oracle. Wendell Pierce: The First Time My Dad Gave Me ‘The Talk’ 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z He hits all of his best notes—charismatic ham, besieged and neurotic star, winking Hollywood skeptic, avuncular oracle, giddy conspirator—at just the right volume. Bill Murray’s Little Christmas Miracle 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Some speak mystically, as if they were oracles, like the mentally troubled Gabriel in “Fences” and Hambone in “Two Trains Running.” Stephen McKinley Henderson, an August Wilson Stalwart 2010-06-08T22:21:00Z So I called my personal oracle for housekeeping tips, a friend who was raised in a Southern home where learning to care for everything correctly was paramount. Five affordable cleaning solutions pros swear by 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Rabio is not the first oracle octopus to predict World Cup matches. Japan’s oracle octopus turned into sashimi 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Oedipus learned, when consulting the Delphic oracle, that he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. ‘Know Thyself’ Review: The Evolution of a Culture 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z After being presented with the facts, Armiston turns to his oracle — the typewriter. Looking for a mystery to cozy up with? Michael Dirda has some suggestions. 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z But in his version, it’s a Targaryen who will “unite the realm against the cold and the dark,” either because the oracle was off that day or because Aegon tweaked it out of self-interest. ‘House of the Dragon’ Premiere: Another Game of Thrones 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z The wisdom this oracle dispenses is dubious at best. Television Review | 'Being John Daly': Sand Trap of His Own Making 2010-03-01T23:28:00Z “It was this disembodied voice of age and experience acting like an oracle from behind these lights onstage, said Latham. “I loved it.” At 80, Bob Dylan finally gets a museum 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z He insists, though, that he is no oracle — and he consults the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines such a being as infallible. Review: Being Brainwashed Into Joy in Derren Brown’s ‘Secret’ 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Tina Fey, oracle of comedy, appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to deliver her theory about who will be the first woman to rule late night. Guess Who Tina Fey Thinks Will be the First Woman in Late Night 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The Rolling Stones touring the United States is the film’s ostensible subject, and Anita Pallenberg, a model and actress who has three children with Keith Richards, is its resident oracle and pop philosopher. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Actress and writer Amber Tamblyn looked like an oracle late last year. Amber Tamblyn’s novel about sexual assault will upset some people. She’s okay with that. 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z By 1986, he had the bearing of an oracle, a voice from beyond the grave. Robert Hunter Gave the Grateful Dead Its Voice 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z On his website, kosherliquorist.com, the rabbi serves as an oracle for anxious observant Jews who write him asking about the kosher status of obscure Belgian wheat beers or fashionable boutique gins. A Rabbi Walks Into a Bar — and Enforces the Law 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Spies came to visit, too, treating him like a kind of oracle for their own profession. John le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Dies at 89 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z “She’s a 21st-century oracle,” said Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, an associate professor of the history of art and architecture and African and African American studies at Harvard University. With Armory Show, the World Is Catching Up to Carrie Mae Weems 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Like, for example, as a Twitter oracle fond of sharing simple but insightful advice. In praise of Cher, the self-proclaimed "Betty White of Rock 'n' Roll" 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z There were echoes of blues drone, avant-garde classical music, free jazz, early rock ‘n’ roll, field recordings and the rantings of street-corner oracles. Captain Beefheart, dead at 69: Music as an action painting 2010-12-19T12:42:58Z Mary Meeker seems to be somewhere between Alan Greenspan when he was running the Federal Reserve and an ancient Greek oracle. Emojis, video, driverless cars: Mary Meeker’s internet trends report unveils next big areas for tech growth 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z One involves dancing people-trees and an oracle dispensing individual predictions – "you are developing a nasty itch" – and the other is a puppet show of the story of Jesus and Barabbas. Turner prize show set to delight and baffle at same time 2012-10-01T23:43:00Z Anza-Borrego, and the town of Borrego Springs lodged right in the middle of it, would be our oracle, our gateway to a profound understanding of the natural world. ‘Do Not Touch the Flowers!’ One Family’s Eco-Adventure in the American Southwest 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z “Like a Greek oracle. But he let the songs speak for themselves. He sang so conversationally and universally, like he was sitting next to you. His songs made every word count.” Bill Withers, Who Sang ‘Lean on Me’ and ‘Ain’t No Sunshine,’ Dies at 81 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Sally Field, erstwhile “Flying Nun,” turns up in a painted cutout as a muscular figure from Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling — the Delphic Sybil, oracle at the navel of the world. New Marciano foundation proves the potential and the pitfalls of a vanity art museum 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z The oracle of all things Sarasota School of Architecture, the foundation organizes SarasotaMOD, an annual weekend of events celebrating the design movement. Long regarded as an architecture lovers shrine, Sarasota, Fla., attracts fresh fans 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z She’s faced hurdles presented by an industry that has long looked to men as oracles and to women as mere muses. Perspective | Dior was part of the patriarchy. Then she changed everything. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Records show that the half-month event dates back to the oracle bone readings from the 14th century B.C. when the Shang Dynasty was in power. Chinese Lunar New Year: The history and how it's celebrated 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim appears as a kind of oracle in the movie adaptation of the Jonathan Larson rock monologue “Tick, Tick ... Boom!” What Did Stephen Sondheim Really Think of ‘Rent’? 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Which means that the reigning authority on the subject of the Democratic front-runner’s height is that ever-present oracle in our lives: Google. Is Hillary Clinton getting taller? Or is the Internet getting dumber? 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z She was five years older and she was this oracle to me. Musicians and their obsessions 2010-12-09T21:46:00Z Yeh often incorporated calligraphy into his paintings, but he used an archaic style of writing that normally would be found on oracle bones and bronze vessels. Back Out of Singapore's Shadows 2010-06-30T16:00:00Z The former ballplayer, desperate to “put the Ohio River Valley in my rearview mirror,” serves as Yocum’s straight-talking Rust Belt oracle. Is there a cure for Rust Belt rhetoric? This witty little novel might be a start. 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The LA Times’s food oracle, Jonathan Gold, raved: “Noorook tastes like nothing you have ever eaten. But it does taste a little like the future.” 10 top tips from our Los Angeles correspondent 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Still, Kusama’s individual struggle has become a barometer for all female filmmakers, with industry people turning to her as both an oracle and a victim — neither of which is a role she enjoys. Karyn Kusama has been through ‘dark times’ in Hollywood. But her movies are even darker. 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Amid the chaos, she takes on the role of reluctant oracle or interpreter, dogged by glimpses of revelation, yet hesitant to accept, or impose, any pretense of coherence. The Apocalyptic Visions of Ariana Reines 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z But this dentist, the grieving empath, now seemed to me like a Greek oracle, an unlikely body offering divine advice at a moment when I didn’t think I could take one more step. The Dentist Who Treated My Divorce 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z As Martin Atkins, the former Public Image Ltd. drummer-turned-music oracle proclaimed at one of his typically irreverent seminars on the music business: "Practice for catastrophe." SXSW 2013: It's a wrap 2013-03-17T23:33:00Z Like the oracle of leftovers, we have everything we need inside us — it just doesn't always feel that way, maybe especially not right now. We are all the “Fraggle Rock” Trash Heap now 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z She’s an oracle of sorts and a teeny bit dull for it. The Force Awakens: is the acting strong in this one? 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Neither historical data nor an oracle pug can actually predict the future. The Year in Limbo 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z It is most famous for being home to the Pythian oracle, a succession of priestesses whose pronouncements were treated with great respect. Fortune-told 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Sanjayan has long been concerned that a certain uniformity in style among the oracles of climate change has kept their message from breaking through in a maximally effective way. Perspective | A new media strategy for selling the seriousness of the climate crisis: Humor 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The couturier’s stature as cultural oracle was probably cemented when Christian Dior unveiled his New Look in the late 1940s. Fashion?s Military Invasion Rolls On 2010-02-20T05:10:00Z Genetic testing for Huntington’s plays a role only oracles and soothsayers could have done in the past. Dying in America: Elegant and humane, “The Lion’s Mouth Opens” is TV’s latest close look at death 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Attending a Barbara Cook concert nowadays is like consulting an oracle. Music Review: Looking Back on Love and Loss, With an Eye on More to Come 2011-06-10T23:00:10Z King Basilius, meanwhile, asks the oracle, “Art thou man or woman?” “Head Over Heels,” Reviewed: A Trans-Positive Spin on a Sixteenth-Century Romance, with Help from the Go-Go’s 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Genevieve, who is blind, functions as a kind of crabby oracle; she tells a long story about having gone crazy. The Funny, Empathetic Genius of Annie Baker 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The oracles at TVLine, however, couldn’t see clearly into their crystal ball. “Saturday Night Live” Takes on the Midterm Elections 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Not content with the obligatory standing ovation, the audience, as though driven by a magnetic force, slowly herded down the aisles toward the stage, just to get closer to the maestro as oracle. Leonard Bernstein at 100: Why the music world is making this the Year of Lenny 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the hip-hop producer J Dilla became something of a mystic, an oracle of warm, enveloping hip-hop and soul. Review: A New J Dilla Album Provides Historical Imagination 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z “Biden is still a very narrow favored in the view of the needle,” he tweeted Wednesday, interpreting the oracle’s murmurings about Georgia. It’s not you, Nate. It’s us. (And maybe a little you.) 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Even an oracle could never predict how amazing a life can be, it struck me — all the unlikely places that travels can take one. An Olympic Odyssey: Where the Games Began 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z I was picturing a terrifying banshee or oracle, but Hval is calm and thoughtful, quick to laugh beneath her childlike fringe of hair. Singer Jenny Hval: 'I'm so cruel' 2013-04-18T05:00:01Z Pujan, all the while, was arranging an unexpected, but major, event, which he announced one day with a question: “What time would you like the oracle to arrive?” Journeys: In India, Luxury Arrives in a Himalayan Haven 2011-01-21T19:55:00Z There must be a stop at a deli or food cart where the guy behind the counter is an oracle. Television Review: ‘Brooklyn DA’ Begins on Tuesday on CBS 2013-05-27T21:42:21Z A scientific inquiry into elements of mystical places and magical objects—the philosopher’s stone, love potions and the oracles—from ancient history, mythology, and contemporary culture, by one of our science correspondents. What we wrote... 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z At the same time she thrills to her role as the oracle of everything Evie, placing her close to the heart of the crisis. Newly Released Books 2011-07-20T21:21:46Z There are some plot elements about a magic bow and arrow and a group of oracles, but this is a one-note story that never resonates either on a personal or heroic level. 'Immortals': powerful Greek gods in weak tale 2011-11-09T23:42:03Z It's described as a "sublimely silly" entertainment that draws on "oracle traditions from Tarot to palmistry to astrology" to depict one woman's journey through the esoteric. Cabaret and a salute to Cohan on Seattle stages 2011-06-02T20:22:05Z The 2-1/2-year-old opossum's celebrity soon grew into an international sensation, echoing the global fame of other animal attractions in Germany -- the late oracle octopus Paul and polar bear Knut. German cross-eyed opossum to predict Oscars on TV 2011-02-11T18:52:50Z Ms. Bassett delivers these monologues not in the ominous style of some otherworldly oracle but in the matter-of-fact, common-woman manner of her character. Review: In ‘Escaped Alone’ Fears Small (Cats) and Large (Apocalypse) 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z So, who are the oracles who pronounced unequivocally that “Green Book” is either the funniest or most musical film of 2018? Wait — Who Runs the Hollywood Foreign Press Association? 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z It was as a lyricist that Berman attained his status as something of an oracle. David Berman was the cult musician who went away for 10 years. What made him finally come back? 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z But lately, our collective attention has been bouncing back and forth between Noodle, the bones or no bones oracle, and the saga of the three chonky cats who are obsessed with a blender box. In this vicious world, guess who became best friends? Cats and dogs. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z By the end, the singer was a demon-eyed street oracle howling at the audience. Concert review: Neil Young at United Center 2012-10-12T06:14:00Z The king feared an oracle that said her son would one day kill him. Getty acquires Baroque masterpiece by Orazio Gentileschi 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Sung by three staff-carrying mountain oracles, it establishes the earnest, portentous tone of this new musical having its world premiere at Village Theatre. ‘Trails’ a cross between love triangle, buddy road trip 2013-03-18T21:40:23Z Those who follow politics obsessively would be forgiven for thinking Rick Wilson is some kind of oracle. No campaign news, no problem. These strategists can always lend a quote. 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z In Mr. Lyon’s last in-person visit with Lewis, the human becomes oracle. Even From the Desert, Danny Lyon Still Speaks to the Streets 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z For my nighttime ritual, I like to pull one of my oracle cards. How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Justina Blakeney 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z They thought of him as a magical spirit and treated him like an oracle—newfound faith, this time in a human being. A Defiant Volcanologist Survived 5 Eruptions while Living on Mount Vesuvius 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z “This is the CIA again claiming to be the oracle of everything,” he said. Former intel officials pan DNI report on virus that says origin in wild rather than government lab 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The hill, which has remains of ancient mud walls, was a “huaca,” a Quechua word meaning oracle or sacred place. Archeologists find mummy surrounded by coca leaves on hilltop in Peru’s capital 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The Greeks thus offered sacrifices to keep the gods appeased, and sought out oracles for hints of what the future held, but did not normally pursue a deeply spiritual connection with their deities. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The oracle bones suggest that religion and ritual were the backbone of Shang society. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Once they all arrived, Tahlia L’Oréal, an astrologist and psychic who hosted the event, guided each group through breathing exercises and oracle card readings. 'Love Is Blind' in real life? What happened when an L.A. speed-dating event required blindfolds 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Fu Hao was a consort of the king, Wu Ding, which is reflected in the show’s display of oracle bones. Ancient Chinese artifacts superb for their time — or indeed any time 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Back home in Japan, he also served as an oracle of sorts for TV audiences who wanted to better understand their pets. Mutsugoro: Japan's beloved zoologist Masanori Hata dies at 87 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Alexander consulted an oracle that confirmed that disaster would strike if he crossed the next river, so after sulking in his tent for a week, he finally relented. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Likely in order to distance themselves from the Shang, the Zhou allowed the scale of human sacrifices in burials to decline and phased out the use of divination with oracle bones. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z One such pleasant surprise, an arcadelike oracle figure that shoots out individual fortunes, warned me that “A fool and his money will soon part.” What it’s like to visit Seattle’s new, immersive art and tech museum 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z They also found something less tangible: the beginnings of the Chinese writing system, in the form of the inscriptions on the animal scapula and tortoise shells known as oracle bones. Ancient Chinese artifacts superb for their time — or indeed any time 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z But Musk also has become a thought leader for some as well, albeit an oracle that is trying to get six hours of sleep a night despite the challenges at Twitter. Elon Musk hopes to have Twitter CEO toward the end of year 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z His methods have now surfaced in at least 26 states, where many students embrace him like an oracle. They called 911 — but cops and prosecutors decided they were lying 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z And recognize that oracles can have questions, too. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Wishing boyfriend would drop his offensive friend 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Winfrey, of course, is “the oracle,” as Shepherd called her on air, for all daytime programs; for 25 seasons, she ruled the roost, transforming a local Chicago morning show into nationally syndicated appointment television. Why being the next big daytime talk-show host is still very much a thing 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Today seems to be the day to consult the oracle: “How to fix …” The answer comes from the ether immediately: too much stuff from the past. Love, loss and a simple, perfect chili recipe that’s true comfort food 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Bannon the "tactician" and Miller the "hatemonger" were the twin oracles behind economic nationalism and the America First ideology with its range of combative and odious techniques. Stephen Miller now a target of DOJ investigation — will he be the one to flip on Trump? 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z As she puts it, “My body, which the state calls ‘broken,’ I call an ‘oracle.’ Review | How disability advocate Alice Wong turned her anger into action 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Even the oracle was “blown away” by the response, her friend Yomi Wrong wrote. For 'disabled oracle' Alice Wong, rest is a radical act 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Just to be super clear, I don’t want to give a sense that I’m an oracle of any kind. Advertising is everywhere — Wieden+Kennedy CEO Neal Arthur explains how it works 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z King Cepheus, Cassiopeia’s beleaguered husband, consulted the oracle, who told him that he must sacrifice his beautiful daughter Andromeda to the monster. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z And I said to myself, “Go I must to all who appear to know, and find out the meaning of the oracle.” Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z “This declaration comes as if by oracle, without any sense of the history,” Justice Gorsuch wrote. Supreme Court rules Oklahoma can prosecute crimes by non-Indians on reservations 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Another day, a different year, the oracle might school her acolytes. For 'disabled oracle' Alice Wong, rest is a radical act 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z “The oracle at Delphi could not predict to you the way this is going to end,” said Aaron David Miller, a veteran diplomat and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. As Biden heads to Europe, the mood on Ukraine is grimmer 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z A lot of these guys look to the New Zealand mosque shooter, or the guy in Norway, as oracles. What is "ecofascism" — and what does it have to do with the Buffalo shooting? 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z I will tell you the tale of my wanderings and of the “Herculean” labors, as I may call them, which I endured only to find at last the oracle irrefutable. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The former Mexican Mafia member testifies “as if he’s the oracle of Delphi,” Vallejo said — the only one who can find sinister meaning in innocuous conversation. A 'calculated business decision': Mexican Mafia member convicted of murder in Paramount 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z It’s also an unaccustomed posture for the 48-year-old disability rights activist and self-styled “cyborg oracle,” whose work has earned her the ear of American presidents and the trust of tens of thousands of strangers. For 'disabled oracle' Alice Wong, rest is a radical act 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Shang kings consulted the gods through the use of oracle bones, animal bones and tortoise shells on which priests had scratched questions for the gods. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was a visionary. He was an artist. He went above and beyond the role of management or producer. He was our oracle. He was Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Is There Such a Thing as Black Thought? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z At the temple to the oracle at Delphi, one of three maxims engraved in stone is the phrase “know thyself.” Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z He was an all-around offensive force who set the franchise record for hits — and as an oracle, he was Philadelphia’s Joe Namath. A New Hall of Fame Ballot Is a Chance to Remember 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z “She describes herself as a disabled oracle, and that’s a part of it. She foresees the future.” For 'disabled oracle' Alice Wong, rest is a radical act 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Readers used the book by throwing a set of coins, interpreting the results, and then reading the appropriate oracle, or prediction. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They called it Delphi, after the religious oracle consulted by the ancient Greeks. Can a Machine Learn Morality? 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Plato suggests it may be a kind of warning to those who enter the oracle: “Know your position relative to the gods!” Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Moira: I am contemplating quitting my job and becoming a full-time hockey oracle. An arts critic and a hockey fan go to a Kraken game: A most useful review of the Climate Pledge Arena experience 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z “Disabled life, with its unpredictable crises, can upend and throw the best-laid writing plans into a dumpster fire,” the oracle foretold in “Year of the Tiger.” For 'disabled oracle' Alice Wong, rest is a radical act 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Each answer from the AI oracle includes a button to “share this on Twitter” Since Ask Delphi launched, its nuggets of wisdom have gone viral in news stories and on social media. The AI oracle of Delphi uses the wisdom of Reddit to offer dubious moral advice 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z "One day no one was listening. The next, I was an oracle," he is quoted as saying in his authorised biography. Factbox: How does the Nobel Peace Prize work? 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z First, Socrates attempts to prove the oracle wrong by finding someone wiser than he. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z And a third extolled former president Donald Trump and Q, the shadowy oracle of the extremist ideology QAnon, for inspiring a new social movement prepared to take back power from the state. Election fraud, QAnon, Jan. 6: Far-right extremists in Germany read from a pro-Trump script 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z I looked back up to the deck where we’d been sitting, but the oracle had slipped away. Visiting L.A.'s oracle of 'Freedom,' the all-seeing essayist Maggie Nelson 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Travelers in the Roman Empire could consult guidebooks to steer them to famous landmarks, oracles and battlegrounds. Opinion | One Thing I Don’t Plan to Do Before I Die Is Make a Bucket List 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z For all its benefits and insights, science is not a god; it is not some kind of divine oracle offering holy guidance and metaphysical truth. Opinion | Respect science, sure, but don’t genuflect to it 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z But, after a time, he comes to realize that the oracle’s response was a kind of riddle. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z He is a baseball oracle, a conduit between the game of today and the major leagues of the 1960s and 1970s. Johnny Bench Misses His Hall of Fame Friends 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z At times like this, it’s worth checking in with the oracle David Goldblatt. European Super League plans in tatters as English clubs, Atlético and Inter withdraw – live! 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z “House Bill 1570 would put the state as the definitive oracle of medical care, overriding parents, patients and healthcare experts,” Mr. Hutchinson told reporters. Arkansas governor vetoes gender-reassignment ban for minors as ‘vast government overreach’ 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z I still look to her as something of an oracle I can check in on, one who keeps me grounded and curious. Tori Amos: the pop star who taught me how to be a woman on my terms 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z He interprets the oracle as saying that Socrates is wisest because he alone realizes that human wisdom is worth little or nothing. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Tuesday’s event there — Groundhog Day is always Feb. 2 — was Phil’s 135th turn as a weather oracle. A gloomy Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil says more winter 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z At times this Hungarian master has seemed less a filmmaker than an oracle of the seventh art, handing down doom-laden prophecies that just happen to be inscribed in the medium of motion pictures. Best 2020 double feature: Two favorite discoveries in film's toughest year 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Looking back, Rangnick appears less a maverick and more an oracle. The Oracle Is Speaking Again. Who Will Listen This Time? 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Experts say that while traditional bellwether counties are whiter and less educated than the national average, there's no one element that unites them as political oracles. US election results: Why the most accurate bellwether counties were wrong 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z “One day no one was listening. The next, I was an oracle,” he is quoted as saying in his authorised biography. Factbox: How does the Nobel Peace Prize work? 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Seen in full, the finished cycle directly confronts our unsettling world without assuming the arrogant role of an oracle. How Ali Smith wrote a fast, newsy, transcendent book series during the darkest of timelines 2020-08-12T04:00:00Z “We understand that we’re not the oracle on these matters,” Barber said. How Brighton was a voice of Premier League during shutdown 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z I once chided the marketing oracles for producing such a simplistic slogan. Postcards from a nervous world: Tales from the other side of the shutdowns 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z “Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.” Presenting your Senate Power Rankings 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z When these models get treated as if they’re oracles, then people both over-rely on them and treat them too seriously – and then turn around and slam them too hard for not being perfect at everything. 'There is no absolute truth': an infectious disease expert on Covid-19, misinformation and bullshit 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Even when the oracle predicts a tragic outcome for him, he scoffs, believing that the will of the gods is no impediment to his actions. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z “All models are wrong, but some are useful,” said George Box, a statistician, reminding us of the tension between understanding models as tools for thinking versus expecting models to be oracles. Leading with the Unknowns in COVID-19 Models 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z As with Vance’s book, “The End of Eddy” was a kind of unbidden oracle, offering, without really intending to, the possibility of a timely explanation of tumultuous events. ‘I Always Write With a Sense of Shame’ 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z At first, all the great oracles augured Trump’s long-delayed reckoning and his certain demise, given his hemming, his hawing, his lying and his economy, which was suddenly in tatters. Opinion | Should Biden Freak Out About the Trump Bump? 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Jocasta tries to reassure her husband that oracles don’t always get it right by telling him that one once told Laius that he would die by his son’s end. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Long before he became an oracle, he labored in the trenches of mathematics and physics. Freeman Dyson, a visionary and renaissance physicist, dies at 96 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z "As you are speaking as the oracle of science, tell us, what exactly is a Y chromosome?" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez schools Ted Cruz about science: "You don’t even believe in evolution” 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z As you are speaking as the oracle of science, tell us, what exactly is a Y chromosome? Ted Cruz tried to mock AOC's scientific knowledge – it didn't end well 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Pieced together, the evidence appears to cement the “Simpsons’” status as the oracle of TV. Did 'The Simpsons' really predict the coronavirus outbreak? Twitter thinks so 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z "As you are speaking as the oracle of science, what exactly is a Y chromosome?" he asked. Ted Cruz, AOC get into spat after she claims Pence 'literally doesn't believe in science' 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z But the debate hasn’t stopped companies and governments accepting his assertion that the face is an emotion oracle — and using it in ways that are affecting people’s lives. Why faces don’t always tell the truth about feelings 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z To hear her tell it, “Jim is no oracle of the desert. Never was.” He was touted as the Mojave Desert's savior. Authorities said it was all a ruse 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z “As you are speaking as the oracle of science, tell us, what exactly is a Y chromosome?” Ted Cruz tried to mock AOC's scientific knowledge – it didn't end well 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z This .400 record would be a great batting average for a baseball player, but it’s a pretty wretched record for a supposed oracle. Perspective | In the long run, coronavirus will have about as much effect on the stock market as Punxsutawney Phil does on spring 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The colonists managed to capture and hang an Obeah man, apparently the chief oracle, demonstrating that no amount of enchantment could spare a Coromantee the wrath of the whites. The Long War Against Slavery 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z From Israel she jumps to India for the origins of the Vedas, and then over to China for the earliest scriptures, in the modern sense of written sacred texts: oracle bones. Review | The art and ambiguity of the world’s scriptures 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z There’s a troubled kingdom, a shepherd, some failed suitors of a princess, a “nonbinary oracle,” etc. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for December 2019 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z If it seems unusual to use the subject of the impeachment hearing as the oracle on that hearing’s witnesses, well, welcome to Fox News. Fox News covers impeachment hearing by defending Trump and gaslighting viewers 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The family’s frustration and fear of displacement don’t trace neatly onto the kind of reverse punditry that, following the election, sent journalists scrambling to find “forgotten” Americans to consult, like retroactive oracles. Richard Nelson’s Family Cycles Capture Life in Real Time 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Chairs like Greenspan wanted to be perceived as a great oracle, but Powell prefers to stress that central bankers’ models are not perfect. The education of Jerome Powell: How the Fed chair is adapting to pressure from Wall Street and Trump 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z “He was some kind of oracle. He brought this community together.” He was 'goofy and innocent and often annoying,' but he inspired a tough town to celebrate eccentricities 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z As a wise oracle once sang, “A diva is a female version of a hustler.” 'Hustlers' star Constance Wu on seeking complexity and navigating celebrity in the time of Twitter 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The anointing of one book as a cultural touchstone, one individual as the oracle, and the fallacy of meritocracy that underpins it, is patently absurd. Darkly funny, desperate and full of rage: what makes a millennial novel? 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Vance, with the publication of his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” was held up in the mainstream media as an oracle for dispossessed rural Americans. Why do so many working class Americans feel politics is pointless? 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z He and half a dozen other miners visited the sacred oracles in the shrines of Ashanti deities. Special Report: The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The arc ends with modernist figures such as Cioran and Calvino, who are at once oracles and comedians. The Art of Aphorism 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z My dad was a booze oracle: the first job I had was editing a doomed freesheet for students in Earl’s Court, and I gave him a column called the Old Imbiber. The problem with Pimm’s: my search for the perfect summer cocktail 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Human reasoning “is the only oracle which god has given us to determine between what really comes from him, & the phantasms of a disordered or deluded imagination,” Jefferson wrote. Saving Thomas Jefferson’s soul 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Reasonable people might shudder at Mr. Biden’s periodic blunders and even question his fitness for office, but it is ill-considered to elevate Ms. Ocasio-Cortez to the status of oracle. Opinion | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is no oracle 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z A woman from the professional-studies program said, “I want to treat you like this oracle who can answer anything!” Parenting by the Numbers 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z At the same time, many Five Star members treated Grillo’s blog as an oracle of truth. Building the Brexit party: how Nigel Farage copied Italy's digital populists 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z In addition to studying the graves and site reports, Campbell analyzed the inscriptions on engraved ox shoulder bones and turtle shell pieces, called “oracle bones,” used in divination during the Shang dynasty. Uncovering the Sacrificial Puppies of the Shang Dynasty 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z She can just as readily appear an ageless oracle, repeating ancient wisdom. Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Cameron Carpenter are resurrecting classical music 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z One strain of Armstrong’s research looks at a specific approach to boxing called an “oracle” AI. Can we stop robots outsmarting humanity? 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Later in his career, he became an oracle whom other scientists consulted about their most exciting discoveries and ideas. Wallace Smith Broecker (1931-2019) 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z “It’s not an oracle. It helps us forecast the future, but it might at any point fail.” Stocks Fall as Bond Market Flashes a Recession Warning 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z At 27, Johns became an overnight success and an indecipherable oracle of modern America. Jasper Johns, American Legend 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z That is grist for media pollsters and the news consumers who treat them like oracles. As 2020 Looms, the News Media Looks Forward, and Back 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z He also has suggested giving the oracle proxy measures of human survival, like the Dow Jones industrial average or the number of people crossing the street in Tokyo, and telling it to keep these steady. Can we stop robots outsmarting humanity? 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z A trio of oracles predict crimes that will happen in the future; when their predictions misalign, the state issues a majority report and a minority one. Is Being a ‘Minority’ Really Just a Matter of Numbers? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Klarman, sometimes called the Oracle of Boston, is one of the few financiers ever praised by that Omaha oracle, Warren Buffett. Chilling Davos: A Bleak Warning on Global Division and Debt 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The oracle of overtime then augured that Brady would toss to Julian Edelman in the middle of the field. Partial government shutdown: If anyone knows how it'll end, it's Tony Romo 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z It’s a well-worn cliche for biographers to bestow exalted epithets on their subjects: Almost every title declares its hero to be the sage of something or the oracle of something else. Review | Frederick Douglass: From hunted fugitive slave to brilliant elder statesman 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Burnett had been a marginal figure in Hollywood, but after this triumph he, too, was rebranded, as an oracle of spectacle. How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The earliest Greek oracles were “shrines to night”. Can a sleepless night awaken creativity? 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Perhaps this is the evil witch or the hoary oracle we must confront. Review: Raúl de Nieves' bedazzled mosaics and fantastical little friends at Freedman Fitzpatrick - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Thanks to The Good Place – and honestly, just being a celebrity in these tumultuous, take-a-stand years – she is often turned to as an oracle of ethics. The Good Place actor Kristen Bell: ‘I couldn’t be Stepford if I tried’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z To hear how Paola Antonelli, the “oracle of design,” deals with rejection, listen to Episode 4 of "Design The Life You Love." How Paola Antonelli brought fashion into MoMA 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z “People ask my opinion on political subjects and look to me as a kind of oracle. That’s scary. I can’t go on Twitter drunk.” Nadine Shah: ‘My personal life was so awful I wanted to escape’ 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z We think of the search engine as a neutral oracle, as if the company somehow marshals computers and math to objectively sift truth from trash. Here’s the Conversation We Really Need to Have About Bias at Google 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z One need not be a political junkie or an oracle to foresee the disaster looming for Georgia this November. Georgia editorial roundup 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z They will be the perfect oracles, servants, soldiers, even lovers. Ancient dreams of intelligent machines: 3,000 years of robots 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z An oracle could not have stated it better. At Summit Meetings, Kremlin Often Tried to Steamroller U.S. Presidents 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z They rule over separate territories, listen to different oracles, uphold distinct values and dismiss contradictory information as unreliable propaganda or “fake news.” Does American ‘Tribalism’ End in a Compromise, or a Fight? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Wouldn’t you love to have the Bee’s oracle? California’s new water rationing law is a tax in disguise, complete with fines 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z That interface is sometimes referred to as the “oracle problem” — the more you claim Blockchain can do, the bigger that oracle problem becomes. How Bitcoin made right-wing conspiracy theories mainstream 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The first octopus to attain wide notice as a soccer oracle was Paul—die Krake Paul, Paul the Octopus. World Cup Preview 2018: Messi vs. Ronaldo, Magic Cats, Iceland!!, and More 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z His exit marks a stunning turn of events for a man who had become one of the oracles of the advertising business. WPP Chief Executive Martin Sorrell, Contending With Probe, Decided to Resign 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Long-regarded as an oracle of the ad industry, Mr. Sorrell helped transform the little-known British manufacturer of wire shopping carts called Wire & Plastic Products into a global advertising empire. WPP Probe Marks Rare Public Scrutiny of CEO 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Indeed, the project of coaxing the “theories” from our inner oracle failed in a particularly instructive way. A revolution in our sense of self | Nick Chater 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z She was also his oracle, predicting his nomination and election back when most others still dismissed him as a joke. Opinion | Ann Coulter to Donald Trump: Beware the Former Trumpers 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The whistle-blower Christopher Wylie held a roomful of British lawmakers rapt for three and a half hours on Tuesday, like a pink-haired, nose-ringed oracle sent from the future to explain data. Whistle-blower Contends That Data-Mining Swung Brexit Referendum 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z But after the Titans run off four straight wins in conference play, the stories take on a spirit of their own, and I’m the accidental oracle with a byline from the bench. Remember the Titans: Forty years after Cal State Who, Fullertons take on Purdue 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z “Dr. Moore was this living, breathing oracle, speaking to us in person,” she remembered. New exhibit puts spotlight on Camden County’s black history 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z So the real captains of industry get to meet the oracle of deception. Trump, in Davos, Mends Split With Britain and Widens One With Palestinians 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z They are nobody's conscience and they are not oracles. Opinion | The Importance of Dumb Mistakes in College 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z These icosahedra were, the Met suggests, used in connection with oracles. Math at the Met 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z “Sha-Rock was it for me. What about Pebbly Poo? Because most people don’t really have a hip-hop oracle, they can use this anthology to teach them who you need to know.” Vanilla Ice is included in new Smithsonian hip-hop anthology? Let them explain. 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z These bounds might be based on analysis of the best known algorithm or on provable lower bounds if we replace the 3-SAT instance with a black-box ‘oracle’ function. Quantum computational supremacy : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z He began Daily Variety in 1933, shortly before he died and was eulogized as the “oracle of show business, the sworn foe of grammar, and the man who never let anyone pay a check.” Syd Silverman, 90, Who Kept Variety Boffo for 30 Years, Is Dead 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The oracles at the Congressional Budget Office this week descended from Delphi to predict 20% premium increases if the Trump Administration ends illegal ObamaCare subsidies for insurers, and Democrats are happy to agree. Blame-Sharing on ObamaCare 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z But Valve hasn’t exactly proven itself an oracle with its foresight about how the Dota 2 competitive community would evolve. Valve’s world cup of e-sports is having another moment in the spotlight 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Only specialists, on their staff or outside it, are allowed to consult the oracle, they say. Macron Takes On France’s Labor Code, 100 Years in the Making 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The authority on China he cites most often is the late Singaporean president Lee Kuan Yew, whom Allison treats as an all-knowing oracle. Opinion | A deadly guessing game: Will China and the U.S. find reason to go to war? 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Tools like BlockOne IQ are known as "oracles" in financial-technology circles, because they allow the two different technologies to communicate with one another. Thomson Reuters makes its market data blockchain-friendly 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z If Ted Williams was the oracle for older generations of hitters, perhaps Josh Donaldson will be the same for this and future ones — a role he would relish. These days in baseball, every batter is trying to find an angle 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The political world waited with rapt attention Wednesday for the oracles at the Congressional Budget Office to release their cost-and-coverage predictions for the revised House health reform bill, which arrived late in the afternoon. How to Read an ObamaCare Prediction 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z It's far from a guarantee, but in the world of sports forecasting, it's a significant oracle of upcoming fruition. Does momentum matter on the PGA Tour? A dive into the numbers reveals a surprising answer - Golf Digest 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Winger grows suddenly tongue-tied when asked to address the idea that she is an oracle for a younger generation of women. Debra Winger and Tracy Letts on their chemistry in 'The Lovers' and, reluctantly, on Hollywood and women 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z What we soon realize is that this novel marks the climax of the author’s fascination with moaners, groaners, fusspots, and other oracles of self-pity. Reading Jane Austen’s Final, Unfinished Novel 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Corporate oracles, the third group, want to maximise profits within the law, but with a twist. Businesses can and will adapt to the age of populism 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z I thanked him with the hushed reverence due an oracle, and practically bounded around the corner. In a Year of Crime News, Some Dark Deeds Yield Dead Ends 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z The curt utterances of Donald Trump recall those of the oracle at Delphi, except that its enigmas were clever. Trump’s latest tweet about nuclear weapons is both daft and dangerous | Simon Jenkins 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Maddon looked like an oracle in the bottom of the fifth. Clayton Kershaw has plenty left in his arm to lead Dodgers to 1-0 win over Cubs 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z This season was just supposed to unfold this way, he said, sounding very much like an oracle. Dusty Baker Is Tied to His Opponents, but Backing Down From None of Them 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z How poignant, and essential then, that our artists – the oracles of our magnificent, messy existence – build on this paradox in rigorous, centered and imaginative ways, every day. We celebrate black culture one minute, and crush black lives the next | Rebecca Carroll 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Some records, such as those relating to China’s second and third dynasties, were confirmed in surprising detail when archaeologists turned up inscriptions on oracle bones and ancient bronzes. Scientific Evidence of Flood May Give Credence to Legend of China’s First Dynasty 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z He was regularly cited as a great oracle by both the Leave side and its opponents. Why Is the United Kingdom in Decline? Blame Sir Winston Churchill 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z "These are left for television oracles and newspaper astrologers." Alvin Toffler: What he got right - and wrong - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The craze for animal oracles started in earnest with Germany's Paul the Octopus, who achieved cult status by correctly predicting eight matches at the 2010 World Cup. Animals in Germany predict Euro 2016 match 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Throughout it all, Duncan, the oracle, was still talking about “poetry, the role of the poet, myth.” The Art in Adrienne Rich’s Activism 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z One of the valuable lessons was that neither party enjoyed the wisdom of Solomon nor had all the answers of an oracle. Why I Won't Vote for Trump 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z We Googled “how to get married in Los Angeles” and set out for Norwalk City Hall, where the oracle promised the deed could be done. . . . Maggie Nelson’s Many Selves 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z He is both a satirical oracle of racial fissures in society and a subtle aesthete, in forms of post-minimalist sculpture and installation. The Satirical Oracle of Race and Class 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z When the plague descended on Thebes, Oedipus sent his brother-in-law to the Delphic oracle to discover the cause. Trump is the GOP’s Frankenstein monster. Now he’s strong enough to destroy the party. 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “But hopefully, people won’t have the expectation that it will be an infallible oracle,” he said. U.S. to Further Scour Social Media Use of Visa and Asylum Seekers 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The appeal, Levien said, lay in the contradictions of fallible men often portrayed — by themselves and others — as wizards, oracles and visionaries. Buying into Showtime's new Wall Street drama, 'Billions' 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Turns out, the Oracle of Omaha actually was an oracle, but most of these folks wound up pretty far from where their childhood self intended to go and the world was better for it. What 25 Successful People Wanted to Be When They Were Kids 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Nate Silver, our nation’s election oracle, recently implored the media to “stop freaking out” about Trump’s position in opinion polls as the “Republican frontrunner.” No, Trump isn’t the next Hitler: But his real historical comparison is still scary 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But there is apparently a teenage oracle in our midst, who somehow predicted the name way back in June: Clairvoyant Teen Predicted Kim and Kanye's Baby Name Months Ago 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The man himself became an oracle to those looking for advice on books, taking time to establish a personal connection and to urge favorites on visitors. A Storied Bookstore and Its Late Oracle Leave Imprint on Islamabad 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Many oracles also consulted the livers of animals to predict the will of the gods. What Yoda Can Teach Us About Science 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Not all those traveling to the oracle of Ammon were successful in their journey. Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Maybe you can design something more like an oracle that can only answer yes or no. The Doomsday Invention 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z “Schmidt the Lip,” as he was known, grew into an avuncular oracle, holding forth on world politics and economics. The Man Who Saved Germany’s New Democracy 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Where the oracle of Cambridge goes, tech billionaires dutifully follow. Bill Gates and Elon Musk are wrong: Artificial intelligence is not going to take over the world 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z A great many oracles, like those of Zeus who dwelled at his sacred site Dodona, determined the will of the gods by monitoring the migrations of birds. What Yoda Can Teach Us About Science 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z They aren’t offering up sacrifices to the Google gods or consulting a mystical search engine oracle. 2 Easy Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Site 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Joel Watson, a cartoonist, is today's oracle. Watson captured the moment Microsoft announced its original Surface tablet, back in 2012, in cartoon form. A comic predicted Apple inventing Microsoft's Surface three years ago 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Now, as global markets stumble on concerns over China’s slowing economy, falling stock prices and a sudden devaluation in the Chinese currency, Mr. Li’s moves appear prescient, cementing his status among investors as an oracle. Li Ka-shing’s Moves in China Reveal Good Timing 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z With the benefit of foresight, Bass' seems to be little short of an oracle. The pitch video for Bell System's iconic logo is like a lost episode of Mad Men 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z I didn't want to be the oracle that hands stuff down. When Jon Hamm became Matt Weiner's 'Mad Men' pitchman 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z In an unfortunate irony, an oracle told Telephus that only the person who inflicted the wound had the power to heal it. Greece's debt crisis explained, in mythological terms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z "TempleOS is God's official temple. Just like Solomon's temple, this is a community focal point where offerings are made and God's oracle is consulted," reads the operating system's charter. 'Sin free' Facebook attracts thousands - BBC News 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Harvey Penick, the golf oracle from Texas, died 20 years ago this month, on the Sunday before the Masters. A Golf Teacher With a Lion’s Instincts and a Dove’s Heart 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z Dylan is the great rock oracle, but his trash talk reveals that he’s as flawed and spiteful as anyone. Kanye West, Bob Dylan and why one man’s trash talk is another man’s treasure 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z That’s the kind of luck that you need to win a Super Bowl, or so the football oracles say. Ten Thoughts On An Amazing Super Bowl 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z One of the copy boys was Carroll Cook, who went on to become a national sports oracle known as Beano. Doc Giffin: Ultimate House Call 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Greenspan became an oracle, one who preached the wisdom of markets while standing ready to clean up any messes they made. Learning the Wrong Lessons From Multiple Financial Crises 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z I am more impressed with another of his oracles: the 1945 essay “You and the Atomic Bomb,” in which Orwell more or less anticipates the geopolitical shape of the world for the next half-century. Julian Assange on Living in a Surveillance Society 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Prescience is flashy, but Gibson is less an oracle than a kind of speculative sociologist. William Gibson: I never imagined Facebook 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z In Dr. Hawking’s case the stereotype is compounded by his disability, which causes the rest of the world — especially the media — to regard his every statement as if it came from the Delphic oracle. Stephen Hawking’s Movie Life Story Is Not Very Scientific 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Gibson, as he’s said many times, isn’t trying to be an oracle. William Gibson's 'The Peripheral': looking back at the future 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z This hypothetical now seems the most likely outcome, according to the various poll aggregators we now treat as oracles. For the GOP, Senate control could be a doubled-edged sword Utopian reveries spill forth almost daily from the oracles of progress, forecasting a transformation of Information Age labor into irrepressible acts of impassioned fun. Everything to do, see, and read this weekend 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Which market is the oracle, bonds or equities? Is growth stalling or ending? 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z But how fortunate we are that others are ever-ready to present themselves as author and arbiter — especially syndicated columnists of The New York Times and other such oracles. Gay marriage: The Catholic Church isn't the ‘author' of norms 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z NFIB’s Chief Economist, is the oracle of the Main Street economy. Main Street, not Wall Street, is the leading economic indicator 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z For all of them, the Michelin guide is the acknowledged oracle of quality. Further Reflections On The Legendary French Restaurants 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z During days of celebrations, children are given new names, their hair is shaved and they are taken to a convent where an oracle helps them to communicate with previous generations. Weekendish: Weird contraptions and living goddesses 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z The children are given new names, their hair is shaved and they are taken to a convent where an oracle helps them to communicate with previous generations. Why some people want facial scars 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The "oracle octopus", of German origin, died three months after the final whistle. Stephen Hawking unveils formulae for England World Cup success 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Yellen is now in the spotlight but her ascent to this oracle type status quietly began years ago. Janet Yellen And 17 Other New Faces On The 2014 Power Women List 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The favored oracles are distant stellar explosions known as type Ia supernovae. This is the way the world ends: How the cosmos will meet its demise 2014-03-09T13:00:00Z Even so, Dr. Bell is the first to say that she is no tech oracle: Intel’s Sharp-Eyed Social Scientist 2014-02-15T21:45:00Z Judging by the popularity and prevalence of these animal oracle stories, she may be right. The Unlikely Soothsayers of Sochi 2014-02-14T20:05:22Z So although his writ runs more or less everywhere in the financial world and economy, perhaps on this he should not be seen as the oracle. How to break up banks 2014-01-16T09:43:37Z In a post last week, Grigoriu talked about how difficult it is to be an enterprise architect, given how frequently the position is seen as an obstacle rather than an oracle. Enterprise Architecture: Getting Organized For The New Year 2014-01-03T14:56:00Z World Bank researchers convene “oracles” to contemplate a global tax to preserve the Amazon jungle. What’s the Amazon jungle worth? $36 a year per family, “oracles” tell the World Bank 2013-10-16T13:25:54Z As he steered the economy around the dot com bubble and through the terrorist attacks of 2001, he picked up nicknames like “the oracle” and “the maestro.” It’s time for credulous financial watchdogs to cash in 2013-09-12T17:21:00Z The prophetic oracles, as that section of Isaiah is called, name not just Syria but numerous ancient nations, including Moab, Babylon, Egypt, and Tyre, that threatened the Jewish people at the time. Evangelicals See Biblical Prophecy in Syrian Crisis 2013-09-01T19:05:23Z Sometime around 524 BC, priests at the oracle of the Temple of Amun decided they didn’t much care for their new ruler, Cambyses II, son of Cyrus the Great. Cambyses' Lost Army and the Physics of Sandstorms 2013-08-05T14:15:06.237Z Her one o’clock, a cut-and-color, was done, but two other clients had just canceled, and the ominous tone of Gary England, the meteorological oracle on News 9, commanded attention. Racing the Clock and a Storm: A Way of Life in Tornado Alley 2013-05-24T03:20:52Z And in one of the best un-credited cameos, Robert Shaw also appears, heavily made-up in the film, as a magic oracle. Harryhausen's Films Were Notable For More Than Visual Effects 2013-05-10T19:09:16Z As such, that introduced a kind of ballad poetry to the platform - new folk song as opposed to oracle revelation, and that now would seem to be the template for modern political discourse. Has political oratory gone for good? 2013-05-10T03:32:28Z Politicians locate economic theories that provide flashy equations to justify the politics; their authors, like Rogoff, are celebrated as oracles; no one bothers to check if the numbers actually add up. There's no need for all this economic sadomasochism 2013-04-21T18:30:01Z Despite enormous pressure, whether it is financial or political, it is a damaging culture to present data scientists as oracles on the mountaintop. The Dangers Of Cargo Cult Data Science 2013-04-01T13:30:44Z Achebe was not only a chronicler—he’s even been considered an oracle. Chinua Achebe’s Greatest Hits 2013-03-22T20:30:00Z Hard to say if that’s true, but Alexander the Great, for one, was enticed to cross the desert to consult an oracle of Amun, who dwelled in this oasis. Travel: The World's Best-Kept Secrets 2013-03-14T12:15:00Z The oracle has settled matters, somewhat humiliatingly, in 140 characters or less. Rupert Murdoch's back – and this time he's tweeting orders 2013-02-03T00:05:39Z The Coursera co-founders have become oracles of higher education, spreading their gospel of massive open online courses at the World Economic Forum in Abu Dhabi, the Web Summit in Dublin and the Aspen Ideas Festival. Virtual U.: Massive Open Online Courses Prove Popular, if Not Lucrative Yet 2013-01-07T03:32:47Z He consulted "the wisest and most careful men in our greatest institutions of science and learning", and these oracles proved rather more prescient than the later ones. Mayan apocalypse: it's not just the religious who try to be prophets 2012-12-21T12:10:36Z That was January 2000 and this is around the time that the Manchester oracle reckoned that the World Club Cup could become the greatest show on Earth. Chelsea v Corinthians – live! 2012-12-16T09:31:51Z Extra point Carolina won, 30-20, but skepticism is welcome; one correct prediction is a very small sample size, and Burke will be the first to admit that he's no oracle. The Fifth Down: The Math Bowl: Carolina's Win Against Atlanta 2012-12-10T12:36:12Z Not that the bearded oracle was writing about global warming. Global Warming Summit: Heading Over the Climate Cliff 2012-11-27T13:35:28Z Silver is not an oracle, and has never claimed to be, so the over-reaction was just plain silly. Why Math is Like the Honey Badger: Nate Silver Ascendant 2012-11-08T02:15:00.237Z The advice to Aeneas about evil was imparted by an oracle, the Sibyl, who delivered it as Aeneas embarked on a tour of the underworld. City Room: A Motto Fit for Aeneas, but Not, Perhaps, for the Bronx 2012-08-26T15:00:36Z Hakeem Olajuwon, the former Houston Rockets star and an oracle of the low post, is pleased with his pupil’s progress. On Pro Basketball: Knicks’ Amar’e Stoudemire Works With Hakeem Olajuwon 2012-08-16T00:24:31Z He went on preside over the boom years of the 90s and lead the through the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and was widely referred to as an "oracle" and "the maestro". Financial crisis: 25 people at the heart of the meltdown – where are they now? 2012-08-06T19:49:32Z It's the Magazine's news quiz - an opportunity to prove to yourself and others that you are a news oracle. Quiz of the week's news 2012-07-26T23:01:27Z But that is what the oracle of Newcastle took it upon himself to do after the England‑Sweden match during what the BBC – also without a hint of irony – calls "analysis". Here's a Euro 2012 betting tip – TV pundits are odds-on to get it wrong 2012-06-17T22:00:02Z On Friday she made her oracle debut and was presented with two troughs of feed, one bearing the German flag and the other the Portuguese. Yvonne the runaway cow predicts German defeat in Euro 2012 opener 2012-06-08T15:12:38Z Ancient Delphi was the site of Apollo's oracle, believed to be inspired by the god to utter truths. Ancient Greek solution for debt crisis 2012-06-05T23:00:25Z "And also I'm saying that she's not necessarily an oracle on these matters." Labour questions IMF's Lagarde 2012-05-27T13:28:33Z There is no need to climb a mountain to see an oracle. QlikView's Donald Farmer explains What Is a Data Scientist? 2012-05-23T12:36:43Z "A unique oracle hog, a real Ukrainian pig and a psychic which knows the mysteries of football," a statement said. Psychic pig gears up for a winning trot on tipping duties at Euro 2012 2012-05-18T14:02:14Z Her words were more than an answer; they were an oracle. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z They repaired to the oracles, and watched for the will of the gods in signs and omens. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z But I'm consulted like an oracle upon all things unimportant; for he that was kicked out with a sixpence into the wide world, has grown a wonderful great man since the sixpence has multiplied itself. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Pramzimras, to console them, sends his rainbow and bids them jump "on the bones of the earth," which curiously recalls the oracle to Deucalion. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Are our highest models always to be the Greeks, with their narrow provinciality of mind, that divided the world into "Greeks and barbarians," with their superstitions, with their eternal questioning of oracles? Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Answer of the oracle of Delphi as to the best religion, 167. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z It was a plausible theory, and given out in a demure and confiding way by a feminine oracle, that honeysuckle cuttings should each be inserted in a potato, and so planted. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z This is a virtue beyond that of the Nile, or the rivers of Damascus, or of the Jordan, or even of Siloa's brook That flowed fast by the oracle of God. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z There was little that could not be dared or done by the commander of such a force, whose orders were listened to as oracles of God, from Portugal to Palestine and from Sicily to Iceland. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The oracle, being again consulted by Temenus, bade him offer an expiatory sacrifice and banish the murderer for ten years, and look out for a man with three eyes to act as guide. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Answer of the oracle of Delphi as to the best, 167. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z When, therefore, a melon-vine made its appearance quite in the wrong place, it was spared through the wisdom of that oracle. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Armathwaite was even more surprised than the girl at this dramatic verification of his prophecy, but he availed himself of it as unscrupulously as any Delphic oracle. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z In many of the larger monasteries, too, they have oracles who are consulted far and wide and supposed to be able to foretell the future. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Only a single oracle is recorded for Hermes, in the market-place of Pharae in Achaea, and here the procedure was akin to popular divination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Books of oracles burnt under the republic and empire, 447, and note Origen, his desire for martyrdom, i. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z So Gervase went away to India, leaving his father to work the oracle for him at home. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Allowing for the existence of much that is forged amongst these oracles, as suggested by Mr. Cory and others, we may reasonably conclude that there still remains a deal that is ancient and authentic. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z In the times before telegraphs,—and it is of such I am writing,—a hurried express was a far more stirring event than in these our days of incessant oracles. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z A further point of contact between Hermes and Apollo may here be noted: both had prophetic powers, although Hermes held a place far inferior to that of the Pythian god, and possessed no famous oracle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z His philosophy, 330 Plutarch, his defence of the bad poetry of the oracles, 165, note. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z And by-and-bye other oracles came to him, by which all men might have known that he was the recognized channel of communication between God and the people. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z His practice is an example, his declarations are oracles. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Before the taua started the oracle was consulted, and the answer to the question, "Shall this expedition be successful?" came. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z Being desirous of reconquering his paternal inheritance, Hyllus consulted the Delphic oracle, which told him to wait for “the third fruit,” and then enter Peloponnesus by “a narrow passage by sea.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z And of the Christians, 382 Dale, Van, his denial of the supernatural character of the oracles, i. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The fast, and the consultation of the oracle, and the altar, and the oath that Jonathan shall die, have all their origin in this frightened, selfish feeling. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The best specimen of Greek caricature that has come down to us burlesques no less serious a theme than the great oracle of Apollo at Delphos, given on page 30. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Most of these predictions were, however, given, like the oracles of old, in terms which would admit a double meaning, and secure the character of the soothsayer no matter how the event turned out. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z This belief was supported by the Delphic oracle, which was largely instrumental in promoting hero-worship and keeping alive its due observance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z What an oracle is he on his return, amid his own family circle or friends! The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z He consults the oracle before he will commit himself to the enterprise of pursuing the retreating enemy by night. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z What audacity to burlesque an oracle to which kings and conquerors humbly repaired for direction, and which all Greece held in awe! Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z When "Apollo from his shrine, No longer could divine, The hollow steep of Delphos sadly leaving,"— Then the oracle had lost its mana. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z His writings have been read like oracles, and his sentiments weekly echoed and re-echoed in gazettes and pamphlets, both in French and Dutch, for fifteen months. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z How gently all the lore of this man oozed out of him! he seemed an oracle, as, with hot tingling fingers pressed against the gunwale of the boat, we listened to his words. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z He is concerned to find the oracle dumb, and tries to discover through whose sin it is so. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The oracle was understood to joggle his chin and goggle his eyes. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z It was a great thing, if the oracle would but hold forth! Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Until the general election of three years back, Mr. Mill was to his countrymen but as an oracle—as a voice—almost as a myth. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Tradition declares that the quagmire afterwards became a gulf, which an oracle declared would never close until that which was most important to the Roman people was sacrificed to it. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z He had visited in turn not only the most celebrated baths and watering-places, but also the various oracles then existing in Europe. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The oracle told them in reply to spend seven days in rejoicing, and on the following night their reward would come. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z True warmth and vigour communicate warmth and vigour; and we are no longer inclined to dispute the inspiration of the oracle, when we feel the ‘presens Divus’ in our own bosoms. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z But I speak of the minor and less responsible admirers, the men and women who accept oracle as fact, aspiration as experience, the dream as the reality. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Some accounts assert that he drowned himself in obedience to an oracle, which demanded for the life of the emperor Hadrian the sacrifice of the object dearest to him. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z About this time the King and Queen heard of and resolved to consult the oracle at Cumbrae for their afflicted daughter. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z Among those who believed the oracles, there were two theories. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Are not the Popes, the Fathers, the Councils, as good as their oracles and champions? Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z The troops were assembled, the vessels freighted; but before they departed, the chiefs considered it expedient to consult an oracle, to ascertain whether their expedition was destined to succeed. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z It is a Semitic word denoting an interpreter of oracles. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Enquiries were at once set on foot regarding the mysterious "Eaglet" mentioned by the oracle. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z A long series of oracles were cited, predicting in detail the sufferings of Christ. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The priest, who had formerly spoken as the oracle of God, lost his sway just in proportion as the scientific teacher succeeded in impressing mankind with a knowledge of the facts around them. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z To secure Juno’s assistance, he began by visiting her shrine at Dodona, where the oracle, a Speaking Oak, assured him of the goddess’s good will and efficacious protection. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z He presided over the worship and interpreted the sacred oracles. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z She turned now swiftly to Nuova, stretched out her antenn� and wings dramatically, and spoke as with the voice of an oracle. Nuova or The New Bee 2012-03-26T02:00:41.423Z An oracle, it was said, had declared his native city destined to produce a ruler of the world. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z It was then that I thought of Delphi, and believed that we must be nearing the home of the oracle. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z “Laius once, Not from Apollo, but his priests, receiv’d An oracle, which said, it was decreed He should be slain by his own son.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z It is the false prophet who is afraid to have his oracles subjected to tests of reason and history. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z “The Chiefs,” he says, “listened to Pondiac as to an oracle, and told him they were ready to do any thing he should require.” The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z The oracles that had been silent were heard again; the astrologers swarmed in every city; the philosophers were surrounded with an atmosphere of legend; the Pythagorean school had raised credulity into a system. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z There, in the dead years, the pilgrims piously sprinkled themselves before consulting the oracle; there, now, the brown women of the mountains chatter gaily as they wash their clothes. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z When but a babe, Paris had been exposed on a mountain to perish, because an oracle had predicted that he would cause the death of his family and the downfall of his native city. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z You are giving a Satanic interpretation to the word of revelation and falsifying the oracles of God. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The oracle of Apollo, at Miletus, being consulted by Diocletian, exhorted him to persecute the Christians. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The omens drawn from sacrifices, the voices from the bamboo dwelling-places of the oracles, the chants of the prophets, and powers of praying to death he accepted with unquestioning faith. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z Some time after, an oracle foretold that Achilles would die beneath the walls of Troy from a wound in his heel, the only vulnerable part of his body. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z There is no Jesus of Nazareth in the Hebrew oracles. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will create an amphiboly, a double meaning where there is none. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The oracle of Delphi had said that the best religion is that of a man's own city. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z He is the oracle and guide, the inspirer and the friend, of those to whom he sings. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z The Greeks, in terror, now consulted an oracle to know why this calamity had come upon them, and how they might check the progress of the deadly disease which was so rapidly reducing their forces. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z This Mahaffy mentions as an instance where the influence of the oracle was a moral one. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z He may be compared with the Clarian and the Lycian god, but he is unlike the Apollo of Dorian times, the “deliverer” and giver of oracles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Milton in his Hymn on the Nativity shouts harsh Puritanical scorn on the oracles stricken dumb, and the deities overthrown. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z This rock is also an oracle, one of the first people; like the round stone of the Iroquois, it has told of the first world, and its tales all belong to the Shahaptians. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Something in her manner, however, left a lingering doubt in Œdipus’ mind, and made him resolve to consult the oracle of Delphi, whose words he knew would reveal the exact truth. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z These measures gained advantages from the advocacy of the Review, far beyond the intrinsic force of the arguments with which it supported them; as, indeed, did the party of progress whose oracle it was. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z For my part, I will never let go the continuance of the soul, unless some Herakles shall come and take away the Pythia's tripod and abolish and destroy the oracle. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Galen complains of this superstition, and observes that patients placed more confidence in the oracles of Esculapius and their own idle dreams than in the prescriptions of doctors. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Truths simple and easily understood, do not strike the imagination in so lively a manner as ambiguous oracles, and impenetrable mysteries. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z Arrived at Delphi, Orestes consulted the oracle, and learned that his crime would be forgiven if he brought a statue of Diana in Tauris back to Greece. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Thus, more than any other writer, he was, for thirty years, looked up to as the representative, the oracle, of the "base born" of his countrymen. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z There were other gods, beside Asklepios, who gave oracles in shrine and dream. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The priestesses had been accustomed to invoke these oracles, for the ministry of idols among them was given over to women. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z The will of heaven was understood by nobody: and the clergy disputed without end on the manner of explaining oracles, which the Deity had himself come to reveal to mortals. 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