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Tekoa
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Tekoa or Tekoah (both: tēkō`ə), ancient town, S ancient Palestine, S of Bethlehem. It is on the edge of a desolate country; to the east the land drops off precipitously to the Dead Sea. It is mentioned several times in the Bible. The wilderness of Tekoa was the home of Amos.


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Curran's other wins for Prendergast included the 1976 Gimcrack Stakes on Nebbiolo, the 1976 Pretty Polly Stakes on Lady Singer, the 1982 Phoenix Stakes on Sweet Emma, the Anglesey Stakes in 1972 on Tekoah and the valuable Hennessy Handicap, run at Leopardstown, on Old Oak Tree in 1981 and Salacious in 1983.
; a son, Tekoah of Portland; a brother, David Brouse of Middleburg, Pa.
Castel-Bloom studied film at Tel Aviv University, which may explain the use of screenplays, and there are cinematic techniques evident in her current novel, Human Parts, which deals with an ensemble cast of characters ranging from the impoverished Kati Beit-Halahmi, a scrubwoman from Lod, to Reuven Tekoah, the president of Israel; transitions between the characters often occur as visual segues, when they pass each other on the street, or drive along the same road from different directions.
 
 
 
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