Word: jerichos
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...Saud's letter included an indictment of Joshua as a war criminal. His version of what happened at the siege of Jericho differed from standard Biblical texts. Ibn Saud had Joshua commanding: "Burn ye all that is in the city and slay with the edge of the sword both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep, and burn the city with fire and all that is therein...
...whose bald head shows scars of crusted ringworm suffered during his youth Dr. Ronchese suspects of being a European, because that type of ringworm is prevalent among Europe's poorer classes but not in the U.S. A man with a wartlike scar of Aleppo or Jericho boil is probably an Armenian, because the disease rarely occurs outside of Asia Minor and is most common in Armenia. An old man scarred by bites of the body louse (vagabond's disease) is probably a tramp...
...Since Joshua's trumpets collapsed the walls of Jericho, the destructive qualities of musical vibrations have been legendary. Actual example: Chicago's indoor stadium organ (strong as 25 brass bands) smashes electric bulbs when played fortissimo...
...galumphing So Long, Sarah Jane). Hazel Scott blends swing and quasi-classical music to the disadvantage of both and the delight of millions. Comely Lena Home proficiently marshals Count Basic's band and numerous choristers through a particularly unpleasant stretch of sub-operatic Africorn about the walls of Jericho. Eleanor Powell, who is the best female tap dancer on tap, proves it in a rope dance, a modified hula and a rampant straight number on a milk-white stage battleship. But Red Skelton is the best...
...month Captain Samuel Louis Palmer Jr., 24, arrived in China. "Well, here I am." he wrote back to Fort Worth, "a little closer to home because the world is round. I led my new squadron across a hell of a lot of country to get here. . . . Came over Palestine-Jericho, where the walls came tumbling down. I ought to make a good Sunday-School teacher when I get back and I think I will. . . . Met General Chennault day before yesterday and he sure is a swell egg. . . . We're the first of the P-38s over here...