Word: jerusalem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spring an international group of scientists will begin excavations on Ophel Hill, near Jerusalem, to discover the tombs of David, Solomon and other Judean kings...
...element as the dominating force in India, published a few days ago a memorandum of the Indian Government which explained the demands made by the Kaliphat, or Moslem movement; including the restoration to the Turk of Constantinople, Thrace, and Smyrna, and the submission of the holy places of Islam--Jerusalem and Mecca--to the authority of the Sultan. The publication of such demands just before the Near East Conference to discuss Turkey's position was regarded all over England as a grave diplomatic blunder; and the demands themselves were looked on as an attempt to coerce the British government...
Thus England stands between two fires. To refuse to heed the Mohammedan demands means revolt in India and perhaps in Egypt as well. Yet to comply with them would cause the breaking of promises made to Jews and Arabs as to Jerusalem and Mecca, and the return of the Sultan to Constantinople. It would further entail recognition of the power of the Moslem in a British dominion, as well as the relinquishing of India to confusion. For the Hindus are not yet ready for complete self-rule, despite the great extension of powers granted them through an Indianized civil service...
...international mind" through the spoken word. When the courses which are announced to begin next Monday are in progress, there will be a wider representation of tongues than occurred at Pentecost, for in this ancient historic polyglot assemblage no tongue was represented from regions more remote from Jerusalem than Mesopotamia and Asia Minor and Egypt, with the exception of "sojourners from Rome"; whereas the Columbia courses are practically planetary in their scope. They are extension courses in a double sense, embracing as they do the following spoken languages: Armenian, Chinese, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish, Italian...
Church of the New Jerusalem...