Word: ilia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...RESTRICTED AREA. MOSLEMS ONLY PERMITTED BEYOND THIS POINT. ToUghlooking guards armed with clubs and submachine guns inspected passports carefully to weed out any infidel. As the pilgrims rounded the last bend and saw Mecca white and dazzling in the desert sun, their chant burst into a roar: "La illaha ilia Allah, Muhammad rasulu Allah [There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is the prophet of Allah...
...appease the sea god Poseidon, and decides to spirit him away. But the young man doubles Poseidon's wrath by slaying one of his sea monsters, and Idomeneo realizes that he must go ahead with the sacrifice. When the boy's faithful sweetheart Ilia insists on dying with him, the god relents, and the ending is happy. After the two-hour performance, the audience applauded for 15 solid minutes. Backstage, people swarmed to get a glimpse of the evening's heroine, Metropolitan Opera Soprano Eleanor Steber, who sang Ilia. The Greeks had some words for her: "Htove...
...morning last week, after 53-year-old Jimmy had eaten breakfast, says Mama, "he just up and died." _ When Mama spread the word about Jimmy's last wish, 26 jazzmen called in, offering to play at his funeral. Four were chosen: Lee Collins and Jimmy Ilia, trumpets; Miff Mole, trombone; and Jimmy Granato, clarinet...