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Word: adoree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"He turned aside suddenly from the exciting whirl of business and politics to adore alone, in some inner room, the sensuous harmonies of Spenser. He dallied dangerously with court beauties; and then went to meditate for hours upon the attributes of the Deity in the cold church of St. Paul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old Hen, Great Snake | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

When they had gathered their startled wits, the shepherds went to Bethlehem and found the Babe in the manger, and impulsively adored him. But his mother wondered that strangers should come and thus adore her child; and she adored him herself, and was more sure of his goodness.-(St. Luke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: 1932nd Anniversary | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was an Indian prince who lived in the sixth century B. C. At an early age his meditations led him to the conclusion that a life of renunciation and high thought was preferable to the delights of home and love. He regarded the charm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BARON VON STAEL-HOLSTEIN DESCRIBES WIDE DIVERGENCY OF BUDDHIST SECTS | 12/13/1928 | See Source »

Twenty millions of dollars have been spent to enable His Majesty the Tenno Hirohito to assume, through weeks of gorgeous pageantry, his full imperial station (TIME, Nov. 12, 19). Though the Emperor of Japan has no crown, the pageant was equivalent to a coronation. A concluding event last week was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Showa | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

Altogether awesome and holy is the small area circumferenced by the ruins of King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. A Mohammedan can enter and behold the golden urn in which repose two hairs from the beard of the True Prophet. A Christian may adore the stone on which Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: Holy of Holies | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

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