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...bagel looks like a month-old doughnut and tastes delicious. A yuk (plural, yox) is a belly laugh. There are plenty of both in the new Yiddish-English revue at the Shubert. A group of Harvard men pass out bagels and cream cheese during intermission and the show takes care of the rest...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Bagels and Yox | 3/8/1952 | See Source »

...Simple theology, plural marriage, the promise and threat of mystics - judgment, the these were all military part of a tradition, the beautifully toleration and balanced the sufi machine which made converts faster and more smoothly than Christianity ever did in its most blessed days. In most areas where Moslems conquered Christians, the bulk of the people eventually be came Moslem.* Where Christians conquered Moslems few of the people embraced Christianity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: THE MOSLEM WORLD | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

...call to Tokyo and got the general's promise to address a joint session of Congress. Just before noon, Martin wound up a conference with Senate and House G.O.P. brass in time to catch the hungry lunchtime headlines with terse talk of "the possibility of impeachments." The plural "impeachments" obviously meant both Harry Truman and Dean Acheson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Action on M-Day | 4/23/1951 | See Source »

...King and I has plenty of background to draw upon: the splendor of a royal court, the color of a still half-savage country, the flavor of a bygone age, the piquancy of a polygamous household. And the clash between a potentate Oriental enough to think women a mere plural for whim and a woman British enough not to lower her eyes or her colors before royalty makes for good dramatic comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Apr. 9, 1951 | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

...Luke and John refer to the wrappings of Jesus' body in the plural ("linen cloths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Mystery of the Cloth | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

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