Word: solomons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...apples" of the Bible were certainly not the modern fruit, which was developed in postbiblical times from a small, sour, woody fruit native to the Caucasus. Solomon comforted his loved one with apricots, not with apples...
...England Primer: "Zacchaeus he/ Did climb the tree,/Our Lord to see." † †Song of Solomon...
...They could always pick up encouragement and, if necessary, a meal. And for 24 years, like an encouraging schoolteacher, Editor Monroe sat waiting for fresh geniuses to blow in. Her office was rarely dull; nobody was much surprised when Vachel Lindsay appeared one day with a poem about King Solomon's 400 wives, and led Editor Monroe through an improvised dance while he chanted...
...TIME offers its sincere apologies to Mr. Solomon, who was indeed misquoted and may be gratified to know that Reader Gibert is only one of 20 who wrote within the week to correct TIME'S Latin...
Three U.S. judges at Frankfurt had to make a decision that would have taxed Solomon...