Word: ca
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...World in Vogue observes only major changes in fashion (such as Patou's drop of hemlines in 1930, Dior's New Look in 1947, and the chemise in 1958). The volume ends on a most sophisticated note, with the mischievous, tongue-in-cheek observation: "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose...
...make it through childhood live to an average age of 32-without taking a bath, without taking a pill, without sleeping on a real bed. Most are solemn and docile, apparently cowed by their environment, except when there is an excuse for a fiesta and they can gulp caña (a potent, sugar-based liquor). Then, a missionary says, "a young Indian will start dancing with a girl and they will wander off. After a week they will come back to the community and announce they want to get married...
...understanding of the contents of which is prerequisite for success in anything. On the necklace of history courses at eleven, the brooch is History 184a, which emphasizes Chinese thought from the Han dynasty to the Ch'ing dynasties. For diversion there are introductions to Czech and Polish (Slavic Ca and Da) and Hittite (Linguistics 225). The last presumes no previous knowledge of cuneiform and should just round out you Gen Ed program...
...ca-Cola...
...F.A.L.N. are easily identifiable. Most sit in full view as members of federal and state legislatures, protected by congressional immunity. In 1960, a federal Deputy led mobs that turned Caracas into a battleground for seven days. Two other Deputies were involved in bloody rebellions at Carupano and Puerto Ca-bello last year. All claimed congressional immunity-and all but one got away with...