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Other signs such as "Wat doo yoo mene Kutbaks?" addressed the issue on a more direct level...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Students Rally Against Aid Cuts | 11/1/1995 | See Source »

...doctored stories themselves had little effect. Councilmogul Al Vellucci, however, did sell his yacht upon reading about the Charles River parking lot. Balthazar Ali Khan called in to report his name was spelled Belshazzar. "Mene, mene, tekel upharsin," he warned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Poon, Politicos Claim Pseudo-'Crime' Credit | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

...Mene Grande Oil Co.. a Gulf Oil Corp. subsidiary, got 126,600 acres of lake concessions and 98,800 acres of exploration areas. Cost: $121 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Come & Get It | 9/17/1956 | See Source »

...Hanlon gone, a Camp Hill (Pa.) grandmother and Bible student, Mrs. Catherine E. Kreitzer, kept alive the suspense of The $64,000 Question. She got by the $8,000 question by naming in order the Aramaic words in the "handwriting on the wall" at Belshazzar's feast ("mene, mene, tekel, upharsin"). Mrs. Kreitzer will decide this week whether she will go for the $16,000 question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Four Years' Pay | 7/4/1955 | See Source »

...Mene, Mene, Tekel . . ." But Knowland's move came as no surprise to at least one Senator: Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson. No sooner had Knowland sat down than Johnson pulled from his desk drawer a prepared reply. The words McCarthy had used in describing the Watkins committee, said Johnson, would be "much more fittingly inscribed on the wall of a men's room." Bill Knowland flushed red and scowled furiously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Splendid Job | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

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