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  2. Inter arma enim silent leges - Wikipedia

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    The erosion of citizens' rights during World War II was upheld by the US Supreme Court in Hirabayashi v. United States (1943), a case that held that the application of curfews against members of a minority group was constitutional when the nation was at war with the country from which that group originated. Yasui v.

  3. Joseph's granaries - Wikipedia

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    Marble bust of Serapis wearing a modius decorated with "ears of corn" The second reason that the notion may have seemed plausible was that Joseph was often identified with the Egyptian God Serapis . The first account of this identification comes from the late 2nd century from either Melito of Sardis c. 170 AD, if his Apology is to be accepted ...

  4. The Ear of Corn (fairy tale) - Wikipedia

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    Corn (wheat) used to produce many more grains, but one day God saw a woman using the grain to clean off her muddy son. Angry, he cursed them to have no more grain, since they were not worthy of it. Bystanders pleaded with him to have mercy, especially because of the children, and he chose to have the current amount of grain.

  5. Corncob - Wikipedia

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    A cross-section of an ear of corn, showing the cob. A corncob, also called corn cob or cob of corn, is the hard core of an ear of maize, bearing the kernels, made up of the chaff, woody ring, and pith. Corncobs contain mainly cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. [1]

  6. Maya maize god - Wikipedia

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    The classic name of the tonsured maize god, which usually includes the numeral "One", is not known with certainty. Schele's "Hun-Nal-Ye" used to be popular; more recently, "Ixim" (maize grains) and "Nal" (wet ear of corn) are being considered. [17] In a general sense, maize relates to the day Qʼan (ripe or ripeness).

  7. Corn silk - Wikipedia

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    Corn silk on a corn flower Corn silk on a growing ear of corn. Corn silk is a common name for Stigma maydis, the shiny, thread-like, weak fibers that grow as part of ears of corn (maize); the tuft or tassel of silky fibers that protrude from the tip of the ear of corn. The ear is enclosed in modified leaves called husks.

  8. Matthew 12:1 - Wikipedia

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    At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. The New International Version translates the passage as: At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.

  9. Ear (botany) - Wikipedia

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    Three unripe ears (of barley, wheat, and rye): each has many awns (bristles) An ear is the grain-bearing tip part of the stem of a cereal plant, such as wheat or maize (corn). [1] It can also refer to "a prominent lobe in some leaves." [2] The ear is a spike, consisting of a central stem on which tightly packed rows of flowers grow.