Word: ancients
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...black, silver-sequined tent of a Moroccan chieftain sat a dark-haired beauty. And before her on a dusty plain, a multitude of bearded Berber tribes men played at war for her amusement. Outside the ancient, mud-walled city of Marrakech, the turbaned warriors wheeled and galloped, sending great swirls of dust toward the tent, fired their silver-banded muzzle-loaders into the air in thunderous explosions of good black powder...
...Them. Theoretically, such talk should appeal to newly prosperous Britons at a time when economic boom and expanding education have eroded the ancient class barriers between "Us" and "Them," between the Privileged and the People of Disraeli's Two Nations. Instead of denouncing their superiors in privilege, Britons now aspire to join them-and do. Two-thirds of Britain's workers vote Labor, but sociologists report that 40% of them actually think of themselves as middleclass...
...particularly poetic cheer, since the visitor's name sounds like "Two Flowers" in Farsi, the Persian tongue. Ignoring Draconian security measures, Two Flowers moved right into the crowd and shook hundreds of outstretched hands just as if he were at home. He toured the ancient cities of Shiraz, Isfahan and Persepolis, viewed the crown jewels, laid a wreath on the mausoleum of the Shah's father, Reza Shah Pahlevi...
...strange visitor down from a cloudless sky over Kyoto, Japan, yesterday morning, excitement among the residents of that ancient city. It was, of course, the missing Lampoon Ibis, and its brief appearance over Japan confirmed speculation that it had been heading for the Orient when last seen above San Francisco...
...colleges have always had their ancient rivalries, marching bands and majorettes. But their battle cry was usually "three yards and a cloud of dust." The pros learned that bands can be hired, Copa girls can be taught to twirl a baton, and all rivalries get ancient after a while. When they also discovered the forward pass-the tantalizer, the equalizer, something everyone in the stands could see-they were on their way to owning the world. The forward pass was not invented by the pros; it had been around since 1906. But in the hands of such quarterbacks as Sammy...