Word: 12th
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...women of the Prophet," commands the Koran ". . . stay quietly in your houses." A 12th century philosopher was more specific: "A woman should go out of doors only thrice-to go to her husband's house, to the funeral of her parents and, finally, to her own funeral." Omar the First (581-644) advised: "Consult women, and then do the contrary of what they advise...
...Scrymgeours are an ancient Scots family whose 12th century ancestor, Sir Alexander Carron, was surnamed the "Skyrmisheour" because of his valor in battle. In 1641 Charles I made John Scrymgeour Viscount Dudhope, a title that was to descend to "his heirs male lawfully begotten . . . whom failing his heirs male whatsoever." But when the third Viscount Dudhope (pronounced Duddop) died leaving no immediate heirs, the Dudhope lands were ruthlessly grabbed by the Earl of Lauderdale, crony of the profligate Charles II and High Sheriff of Edinburgh. The earl, a man of violent temper, bullied a court of sessions into upholding...
Ivanhoe (MGM) makes a rousing medieval horse opera out of Sir Walter Scott's most popular novel.* Set in the chivalric days of Norman-Saxon rivalry in 12th century England, the story is a blend of historical fact and romantic fiction about the Saxon Knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who helped King Richard the Lionhearted reclaim the throne usurped by his villainous brother Prince John and the Norman traitors while Richard was away at the Crusades. In the course of his adventures, Ivanhoe also champions the black-eyed Jewess Rebecca, falsely accused by the Norman conspirators of sorcery, and wins...
Political Debut: In 1946, while Nixon was awaiting discharge at Baltimore, Md., a citizen's committee in California's 12th District ran a newspaper ad seeking a young man willing to run against New Deal Congressman Jerry Voorhis. A friend submitted Nixon's name. There were three other applicants. Nixon got the job, beat Voorhis by 15,592 votes. Re-elected to Congress, 1948; elected to Senate, 1950, in bitter campaign against his fellow member of Congress, New Dealing Helen Gahagan Douglas...
...Haiti last winter, she rough-sketched The Blessing Strive (right, above), then submitted the finished picture for Massachusetts' Springfield Museum of Fine Arts' 12th annual purchase exhibition. The public voted...