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• n  a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
• n  the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus

• The independence of Morocco, Tunisia and now Algeriajoyful news to Moslemshas for Jews signaled another vast and melancholy exodus like so many other uprootings since Moses.
• The exodus began last September.
• Refugees for recognition ?As if their international image were not tarred enough by the exodus of some 900,000 citizens over the past four years, Hanoi's.

• hegira
• hejira
• Exodus
• Book of Exodus

News & Articles

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• Crass Exodus
  CRASS EXODUS We can only imagine the night sweats and cowering crouches that accompanied Exodus International executive director Alan Chambers’ withering decision to shut down the 37-year-old institution last week in the middle of the night, though we would like to imagine that there was a steamy three-way involved and some poppers . Exodus had become the apparent umbrella to many of the nation ...
  June 25, 2013 - Orlando Weekly
• To Exodus International's Alan Chambers: 'I wonder how you plan on making amends'
  An open letter was published in Friday's Washington Post to Exodus International's Alan Chambers from the Rev. Jay A. Wiesner, cofounder of The Naming Project. It's a beautiful letter that gets to the point: "I wonder how you plan on making amends." Dear Alan: We have never met, but we were on the same Our America With Lisa Ling episode called “Pray the Gay Away?”.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to ...
  June 24, 2013 - Tucson Weekly
• Exodus interview: what leaders of defunct 'gay conversion' group are planning
  Leaders of Exodus International, which announced it is closing this week, are starting a new group aimed at finding common ground within conservative churches and fostering acceptance of all sexual orientations. 
  June 22, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor

Quotes

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• Dalton McGuinty in 940 News
  Because it speaks to my history of being uprooted, it speaks to the African-American story of exodus, it describes the history of overcoming great odds and a courage and a commitment to carving out a democracy and prosperity in the midst of... Barack Obama http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQ0yfPaaXFGqLKymRgcres0I2nuA FOXNews http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008May12/0,4670,ObamaJewishVoters,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGS9hmawDiW6lQY7r8psBXP0oUZuA May 12, 2008 35164 44764 exodus I wouldn't want to shut out folks who don't have a skill. I wouldn't be here," McGuinty told a news conference. "We were part of the exodus from Ireland at the time of famine. We had no skills, we couldn't speak English, and we were...
• Nick Kenny in The Canberra Times
  You see these days a lot of guys are just leaving for money. There's been a lot said in the media lately about trying to get the players more money to stop the exodus,Kenny said. "That's something we'll have to address and there will have...