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Word: knoweth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...NATURE OF GOD. God! There is no god but He-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him, nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) Before or After or Behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Some sayings from a Holy Book | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...with its would-be forecasters, embarrassing them with rain when they call for clear skies, drought when they predict precipitation. Indeed, the weatherman's plight will probably not change a millibar from that described by the English meteorologist Sir Napier Shaw. Wrote he: "A forecaster's heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger meddleth not with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Weather: Prediction and Control | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

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