Word: abraham
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...main religious influences on Mohammed were Jewish and Christian. From time to time, God sent prophets to warn mankind against idolatry. Abraham and Christ were two of the greatest; Mohammed was the last, "the Seal of the Prophets." He considered his teaching very close to Christianity, completely missed Christianity's key point: the Divine Redeemer...
Last week's sale marks the first change in ownership of the trademark since Textile Tycoons Charles and Abraham Erlanger bought it from its original owners in 1908. The Messrs. Bradley, Voorhees and Day were Manhattan manufacturers of ladies' and gentlemen's undergarments, were well known for their B.V.D. Spiral Bustle ("The only Bustle made that will not Break Down"). But the Erlangers made B.V.D. probably the best-known initial-trademark in the world when they introduced a revolutionary type of one-piece men's "athletic underwear." Later, they brought out two-piece models as well...
...Guild and B-o-M started with brave promises. Early in the game, B-o-M Founder Harry Scherman offered readers "the outstanding book published each month"; in practice, this led to the selection of such books as Rol-vaag's Giants in the Earth, Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln, Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. The club's sights have come down a bit. A B-o-M choice is now just a book that the club's five judges* happen to "like very much, for any reason at all." Among books so chosen: The Battle...
...actively recognized by everybody as a clear & present danger. When the U.S. tried to revoke Schneiderman's citizenship, as a Communist, the late Wendell L. Willkie successfully defended him before the U.S. Supreme Court, describing him as a man with a "strong social urge," and arguing that Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson also "talked of revolution under certain circumstances." Now Schneiderman is in jail, waiting to stand trial in California with his fellow Reds on the familiar charge: conspiring to teach and advocate the overthrow of the U.S. Government...
Honest Bob. In High Point, N.C., after a friend squared the $9 he owed on bad checks, Robert Denny was freed from jail just in time to play his role of Abraham Lincoln in the town's historical pageant...