Word: pass
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some time past I have noticed in TIME some earmarks of antiSemitism, but it is not my habit to rush into print. However, I could not pass by in silence your last issue (Oct. 15) where at least one of your editors seems to have thrown off the mask...
...meant only for that one time, i. e. the time of the actual exodus. This is the accepted opinion of all Talmudic authorities and it is also self evident, since the mark was meant as a signal for the destroying-angel who killed the first born of Egypt to pass over the houses of the Israelites, hence, in subsequent generations when there was no destroying-angel killing Egyptian first born, there was no need of marking Jewish doors...
However, we will let this pass as pardonable ignorance. But there is something also in the same article which can only be attributed to downright malice or idiocy. Your Editor says further...
Purists rejoiced that Viscountess Byng of Vimy and of Thorpe-le-Soken possesses a silver pass key by means of which she may assure herself at any hour that the conduct of her tenants is still above reproach...
...West Point, which had never beaten Harvard, and only once in 14 games achieved a touchdown, journeyed to Cambridge last week. As soon as the game began, Harvard's Capt. French fumbled his centre's pass which led to an Army touchdown. A kick for the point, another touchdown and a safety brought the Army's total to 15. Harvard scored no points...