Word: ah
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from the Greek pyropos, meaning burning face. Fashioning the piropo used to be one of the pleasantest professions of Latin America, and nowhere was it practiced more artistically than in Maracaibo, a city rich with oil and romance. A proper piropo, while flowery and fresh, was never offensive, e.g.: "Ah, to be the hand which powders that cheek!" But the worldwide lapse of good manners in the 20th century made the piropo bolder: "Say, baby, I'll be a citizen of your republic if you'll guarantee a direct vote...
...Ah Kuk, nicknamed "Shorty," was No. 2 man in the Communist terror forces in Malaya. Until rewards were abolished three months ago by the British, the price on Ah Kuk's head-$66,000-was second only to that offered for Party Secretary General Chin Peng ($83,000). The three Chinese, after turning in Ah Kuk's head, obligingly demonstrated how they had killed him. Surprising him had been simple, they explained. They were Shorty Kuk's personal bodyguards...
...Ah don't truly know a thing about it, an 'Mike's probably right after all, but that Silent Mirth appears awfully pretty...
...Ah'm just terrible at the races," she explained. "It's geography troubles, Ah guess-absolutely cannot puzzle out these Yankee hoses and riders...
...Well," said Casey, "Ah just can't say. He does look good, but Ah don't believe he's got the breeding for it all the way. Now Silent Mirth seems in space, and the odds are just up for a show...