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4. Gilead is the name of the oppressive regime in The Handmaid's Tale

Mon Jun 22, 2020, 03:22 PM

Jun 2020

That's all I can think of when I see that word!

"Blessed be the fruit." "May the Lord open."

"Under his Eye...."

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Gilead to begin clinical trials of inhaled version of Remdesivir [View all] crimycarny Jun 2020 OP

I'm all for anything that helps kill this thing! Initech Jun 2020 #1

Better than all the gloom and doom I saw today Neerav B. Trivedi Jun 2020 #2

Is there--is there balm in Gilead? soothsayer Jun 2020 #3

No Poe fans? soothsayer Jun 2020 #8

Gilead is the name of the oppressive regime in The Handmaid's Tale moose65 Jun 2020 #4

Much more interesting history Tanuki Jun 2020 #5

LOL, my brain went there too meadowlander Jun 2020 #6