Massacre of the Innocents
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- The incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.
- The abandonment of potentially useful measures at the end of a session in the House of Commons, since there is no time to pass them.
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