Word: bom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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M.S.I.'s troubles started when its members' carefully nurtured public image as doppio-petti, or "double-breasted" (respectable), rightists, became fused with that of the delinquent bom-bardleri-Fascist bomb throwers. A recent wave of violence and terrorism perpetrated by the bomb throwers has so enraged many Italians that there are demands that M.S.I, be disbanded-an extraordinary step for a country that allows a wide spectrum of political activity...
...tree line. Then from the distance we saw a single Jeep hurrying toward us, veering crazily from side to side. It screeched to a stop, and the driver, an ancient Buddhist priest who looked like Ho Chi Minh, said that fighting was taking place in the village of Trang Bom...
...Kissinger had brought with him a bulky volume containing prepared statements and position papers drafted by Nixon, Rogers and himself. There was no prearranged agenda. The President's visit was only one of many items discussed. Kissinger chose his verbs with more care than usual. Two interpreters, one bom in the U.S., the other a Chinese who attended Harvard, translated his words for Chou. But it was a redundant exercise. Chou speaks fluent English and occasionally corrected the translators. He used the translation rather to give himself time to frame his answers, which he delivered without once consulting his notes...
...sophisticated naturalistic art long before the Europeans arrived. A few works survive from this era, among them the superb bronze head of a queen mother from 16th century Benin, whose kings ruled a large area of what is now southern Nigeria. There is also the portrait statue of King Bom Bosh, ruler of the Congolese kingdom of the Bakuba about 1650-1660. Most impressive of all is the famous Tada bronze from Nigeria, a relatively small (20 inches high) but monumental work that has never before been shown outside Nigeria. For several hundred years, it has sat overlooking a remote...