Word: idol
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only two sons of Abraham, traveling, idol-smashing Hebrew, became famed? Ishmael and Isaac. Isaac, son of Sarah, Abraham's half-sister by another mother, was the younger. He became the ancestor of the Israelites (of whom the Jews are the professedly sole remnants). Ishmael, born of Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant, was the elder. After Sarah's jealousy nagged Abraham into driving Hagar and her Ishmael into the wilderness, Ishmael became an archer, married an Egyptian girl, begot twelve sons who became ancestors of the Nomad tribes around Palestine from whom the Arabians are descended...
...years ago Mexico's aviation idol, the late Capt. Emilio Carranza, laughed at bad weather reports, flew into a death-laden storm over New Jersey (TIME, July 23, 1928). Last week Mexico's new idol, Col. Pablo Sidar, called "The Madman" for his nerve, set out to capture the glory that had eluded his friend Carranza. In a special Emsco monoplane bought by public subscription, Sidar and Lieut. Carlos Rovirosa would fly from Cerro Loco (Crazy Hill) 5,000 mi. to Buenos Aires, the longest nonstop flight ever attempted. Rain and winds loomed in the South. Madman Sidar...