Word: jericho
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...menu listed such delicacies as Saliva of the Arab Rivers (consomme), Pearls of Kuwait and Casablanca (potatoes), Baby Lambs of Nejd and Kairouan, and concluded with Jewels of Jericho (fruit), and Aroma of Yemen (coffee...
...wins her converts with a doctrinal haggis of African witchcraft and Christian teachings she learned from Church of Scotland missionaries. Alice condemns adultery, polygamy, drinking, smoking, singing dirty songs, dancing for fun. The rallying cry of her followers is "Jericho," a word that she guarantees will protect them from death by turning bullets into water...
...then, from the capital of Lusaka, 450 miles to the southwest, came 2,000 soldiers and police to restore order. The troops surrounded the Lumpas' headquarters of Sione, named for the Biblical Zion, demanding immediate surrender. Instead, the fanatical Lumpas charged, brandishing spears, axes and ancient rifles. "Jericho!" they yelled, doubtless expecting a damp spray in return. Not water but lead was the soldiers' reply, and soon 65 Lumpas lay dead, 50 wounded...
...season's dig. He is sure that the Hill of the Sa'īd Women is entirely manmade, and he longs to get to the bottom of it. Perhaps when he has cut through city after city, he will turn up a neolithic village as old as Jericho on the other side of the Jordan, which now ranks as the oldest town on earth...
...Jericho's green oasis as early as 6800 B.C. This is 3,400 years before the first dynasty in Egypt. It makes Jericho the oldest known town on earth...