Word: belt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...small church of a copper-belt town in Northern Rhodesia, Dag Hammarskjold lay in state...
...beyond such legislative recommendations, the commission took a basic approach to a formidable problem. Surveying some of the 100 Southern black-belt counties where Negroes represent the majority of population but a minuscule segment of voters, the commission found a recurring pattern. The counties were plagued by one-crop economies and sagging populations; though Negroes suffered more than whites from inferior homes, schools and income, the levels for both races were below average. Said the commission: "Perhaps the crucial conclusion to be drawn from this study is that the facts of economic life have a direct and significant bearing...
...Volkswagen in an "inconspicuous spot" and flagged a taxi to take him to a military installation near the city. There he had been seized by security agents and a Soviet army officer, as "with trembling hands the spy aimed his camera and clicked away rapidly." Tucked into a body belt, they found eight rolls of film, road maps and other impedimenta, including some notebooks. Sample entries: "Near city I ate three sandwiches ... At 156 kilometers, it started raining . . . Encountered peasants." These seemingly innocent notations, explained the Russians, were really cunning cryptograms-"three sandwiches" meant "three military installations...
...read with great interest your article on the new breed in sportswriters [Sept. 1] , and think you might like to know that the writer who put the "belt" into the story and the Miami sports editor with the antislang memorandum are one and the sameonly wiser...
Stanley ended it quickly with his belt display...