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Word: numquam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sleeping through the worst of storms, and indeed a high wind is bending the trees seen through the window behind. Cassotti, one sees on closer inspection, is red-eyed and weeping. He holds up a paper, the center of Lotto's composition, on which are written the words HOMO NUMQUAM: "A man, never." In sum, a good widower will never find release from turmoil and grief in sleep: he will always remember his Laura...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: An Enchanting Strangeness | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...could ever forget ELVIS PRESLEY's way with Nunc Hic aut Numquam? Or his heartbreaking rendition of Tenere Me Ama? Well, chalk it up to sic gloria: a Finnish professor, Jukka Ammondt, has translated several of the singer's hits into Latin and, with the vocals provided by Finland's Eurovision Choir, put them on a compact disc. "Latin," says Ammondt, "is an eternal language, so what better way to immortalize a legend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 13, 1995 | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

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