| In A. D. 76, Pliny described a plant called nard, which sounded like stoechas, but it came from India. |
| And he smelled the smoke of nard and soltziphal burning in the cressets of the servants of Tishnar. |
| Men smoke and sip tea from short, slender glasses, with the clacking of nard, the local version of backgammon, as a soundtrack. |
| Mary had prepared a pint of pure nard at home as she waited for Jesus and His disciples to arrive for a meal. |
| Though nard is now rare on the shelves of the western perfumer, its name stood for centuries as an evocation of the perfume of the lost Garden of Eden. |
| Ber nard L. Madoff Investment Securities mourns the passing of our dear friend and colleague David Berkowitz. |
