Word: solomons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Crowding Troubles. Early last week, Eden drove back to London from a weekend at Chequers. Everything seemed to crowd in upon him. There was Commonwealth opposition: his first visitor was Ceylon's Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike on his way to New York to inform the U.N. Assembly of the Colombo powers' condemnation of both Britain and Russia. Eden spent 30 minutes putting Britain's case to Bandaranaike, only to have him emerge and tell reporters that the actions of Britain and France in Egypt were "not at all justified," seemed "a resurgence of the spirit of imperialism...
...Germans worked to excavate Babylon. In the process, they unearthed the remains of the Tower of Babel. The scientists were able to calculate that it had been 295 ft. high, or about as high as the Statue of Liberty. The Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon with "spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones" had often been thought a pious tale until archaeologists uncovered the ruins of Sheba in Yemen in 1951, found indication that the kingdom's chief trade route ran through Israel. This threw new light on the Queen's visit...
Richard L. Solomon, associate professor of Social Psychology, also disapproved of the ban. He felt, however, that "going steady" could be "most constructive." When the interests of the "steady" couple complement each other, the practice "could help broaden intellectual horizons," he stated...
...four murders charged to Widmark's account, but a kindly old general s willing to forget about such minor matters if the hero is willing to accept the heroine's custody for as long as they both shall live-a decision the synopsis calls 'worthy of Solomon...
...Valencia, Montserrat and Genoa also claim to possess the Holy Grail, but Genoa claims that the cup there was not only used at the Last Supper but was originally given by the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon...