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Word: zoroastrianism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...inscription, seven feet long and nine feet high, concerns the old Zoroastrian religion and will take several months to translate. It is expected to shed new light on the Parthian and Sasanian Empire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frye Cliff Walks, Parlays Persia Hunch into Winner | 1/7/1949 | See Source »

...Ghadiali dazzled a federal court into believing he was a Parsee-Zoroastrian, thus a Caucasian and therefore eligible for citizenship under the law then in effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Lights Out | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

Through the day, more & more workers joined the Tudeh men and tempers rose with the mercury, which hit a Zoroastrian 160°. By nightfall, when officials still refused to negotiate-the mob's fury burst like a rogue oil gusher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Weather from the North | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

...view that Hell was a place of extreme cold was held, as was only natural, by the fire-worshiping Zoroastrians. Evidence: recent investigations of Zoroastrian sacred literature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Modern Discoveries | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

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