Word: asaf
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Flatus Vocis. The most talkative non-Arab delegate was India's florid Asaf Ali. "When we talk about Jews," he said, "what Jews do we mean? . . . You will perhaps be surprised [the Assembly was] to hear that there are a large number of people living ... on our [northwestern] borders, who claim descent from Israel . . . something like, I should think, between 20 to 30 million people." Said tired Assembly President Dr. Oswaldo Aranha at last: "I am sure the eminent jurist who is the Indian representative knows what I mean when I refer to flatus vocis, which scholars use when...