Diana L. Eck is an American scholar of religious studies and professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University. She is also the Director of <em>The Pluralism Project</em> at Harvard.
In this excerpt, the order in which she presents the items serves a rhetorical purpose. The items are listed in order of how "accepted" they are in mainstream American society. Christianity (a cross) is well-accepted, while Judaism (yarmulke) is still omnipresent, but more contentious. As she goes on, the list would appear more and more exotic to American readers. The question therefore is successful in testing the limits of religious plurality.
I believe the answer is a stage whisper. A stage whisper is defined as “a loud whisper uttered by an actor on stage, intended to be heard by the audience but supposedly unheard by other characters in the play.”
An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) that varies with the income or profits (taxable income) of the taxpayer. Details vary widely by jurisdiction, hope this helps :)
"A Desire for Glory" <span>reveal while leaving the island after blinding the Cyclops
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It was d. Las Vegas in cold blood