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Word: smites (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...foreseen. The great First Century Rabbi Eliezer once said: 'The Messiah will never come until the Jewish people repent.' When they asked him, 'What if the Jews do not repent?' he answered: 'The Lord will raise up a king worse than Haman* to smite them, and then they will repent.' This is just what happened. Hitler was something we never thought possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Trumpet for All Israel | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

...Righteousness. Until last June the U.N., like the League of Nations before it, often seemed more a dawdling talkfest than a decisive weight in world affairs. Then it met the shock of aggression, as the League had never done. Once more excited to battle, septuagenarian Austin went forth to smite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: I Fear It Not | 2/5/1951 | See Source »

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