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...amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: No Pentecost | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...east-coast port of Tampico. Under cover of storm and night four Nazi freighters quietly slipped their moorings, headed out into the Gulf of Mexico. As the shore line dropped astern a signal flare cut the darkness ahead, then another. To the nervous Nazis that meant British warships. The Phrygia's captain, in a panic, scuttled his ship. The other three swung frantically about, stampeded back to port...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Test of Solidarity | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

...noticeable on all meteorites. About one-third of the earth's elements have been found in meteorites; most of them resemble stones; a few contain a large percentage of iron ore. Perhaps the most famed meteorite of history was the black, cone-shaped stone which fell in Phrygia; was worshiped by the Greeks as Cybele, mother of gods; was taken to Rome in 204 B. C. to insure Roman prosperity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fireball | 5/30/1927 | See Source »

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