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Word: japheth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Shem, Japheth and the girls prove irredeemably wayward, human. By the time his craft comes to a perch atop Mount Ararat, Noah has even lost confidence in his distressed, slightly balmy wife. The children desert him, the animals turn savage, and poor old Noah is left sad, infirm, alone. He does not think he has quite deserved all his troubles. He doubts if their imposition has been quite "sporting" of God. But there is just one thing he wants to know. He lifts his shaggy face to heaven. "Are you satisfied?" he calls. "Are you satisfied?" And again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Play in Manhattan: Feb. 25, 1935 | 2/25/1935 | See Source »

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