Word: manna
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...unearthed a statue of heroic proportions. After much learned controversy, the diggers agreed that the statue must be that of King Hiram I of Tyre, who reigned as a contemporary of Solomon, 480 years after Moses had led the children of Israel from the wilderness and a diet of manna. King Hiram was something of an entrepreneur for his time: Solomon needed aid for the building of his temple, the mighty House of the Lord; Hiram had certain supplies and many artisans. They bargained. The outcome was that Hiram sent Solomon hewed cedars of Lebanon, gold and many an artisan...
...Manna, marmalades, and malt...
...Manna, marmalades and malt...
...reader opens the latest issue of the Lampoon in his customary mood of funmaking, the content of the paper is harmlessness itself. If there be any who are not acquainted with the traditional undergraduate attitude, they may be shocked to find the Lampoon, far from grateful for the manna let fall by heaven in the lean weeks between Christmas and Saint Patrick's Day, snarling at the generous hand. The consequences of such misinterpretation would not, however, be great. The only possible tragedy resulting would be that of one who took seriously what is clearly humor...
...Manna, in Hebrew, means gift...