Word: mecca
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...merely locked up for life. Some of these prisoners succeeded to the throne after a lifetime, "when they had all but lost the power of speech, and their minds and bodies were like vegetables." But now, says Penzer, the days of the harem are over. (Only one extant: in Mecca.) When Abd ul-Hamid's big family was broken up, most of his wives went back to the land. And since there is no more harem, there are no more eunuchs. While he was in Turkey, Penzer looked high & low, despite all his efforts "met only two, or possibly...
...presence of Professor Gropius at Harvard will, in the opinion of those who know his work and personality, make the School of Design a mecca for the best architectural talent in the country. It is believed by observers that his influence in every way will be felt strongly and at once, and that that influence will be an entirely beneficial one for the School and the University. His appointment is indeed a fortunate one, and Dean Hudnut is to be congratulated on his success in securing...
...trees to delight the skier who likes to run a slalom course at high speed. The only drawback to the Commonwealth slope is that it is apt to have a crowd of tobogganists flying down the hill out of control and obviously out of their minds. It is the Mecca for the orange and green panted young ladies of the suburban districts out of high school for the afternoon. For this reason it is a good place to keep away from on Saturdays and Sundays...
Thereafter Egypt's King Fuad refused to recognize the new Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, stopped the grain and money gifts to Mecca. The valuable Egyptian pilgrim traffic to Mecca fell off sharply. Last month, just before King Fuad died, King Ibn Saud maneuvered Egypt's then Premier Aly Maher Pasha into new negotiations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. From his deathbed Fuad, also anxious to patch the quarrel since he still hoped to be named Caliph of all Islam,* fostered the secret negotiations...
Last week, with Fuad's body new in its grave, Egypt agreed to recognize the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Ibn Saud guaranteed the safety of the annual Egyptian pilgrimage to Mecca. Economically, each country will enjoy a "most-favored-nation" status with the other...