Word: cladding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bombing of the hospital was no mistake," said Dr. Chi as he escorted me around, clad in his white surgeon's robe. "There is no cover, no trees; it is very visible. The planes came in high to avoid detection and then dove to attack the hospital before warning could be given...
This invasion of the motorcade isn't the first encroachment from the outside upon the world behind the garden walls. Gradually the inhabitants and their guests have become less immune to ugly winds of change. Of the initial white-clad clique, only Alberto continues to wear that color. Confining himself to his bedroom he pines away between four walls, clutching a white bathrobe around him, and transforming his retreat into the sterile whiteness of a sick room, and finally a deathbed. Always a master of gestures. De Sica places Alberto's nervous submission in the clasp of his folded hands...
...ordinary, everyday military dictator. A devout Moslem who detests hashish and miniskirts with equal fervor, he has four wives, three of whom take turns acting as official hostesses at presidential tea parties in Kampala. On Uganda's hotter days, Amin is likely to show up at hotel pools clad only in a pair of faded blue shorts...
...praised Mrs. Nixon as a "testimony of the strength, solidarity and permanence of this special relationship between our countries." Afterward she conferred privately with Tolbert for half an hour; among other things, they discussed President Nixon's forthcoming China trip. The fun began the following day, when brightly clad tribal dancers performed for her on the rooftop terrace of the eight-story presidential mansion. To Mrs. Nixon, the dance was extraordinary: the pulsing beat of drums and hollow logs, the rhythmic clacking of ankle shells, the sinuous writhing of bare-breasted women within inches of her chair. She enjoyed...
...Year's Eve, the white-clad throngs gather on Brazil's beaches after dark, more than a million people in Rio alone. They bear worldly offerings-lipstick, combs, jewelry, perfume, mirrors, flowers-to give to a vain, beauteous sea goddess. Called lemanjá, she is one of the pantheon worshiped by the various devotees of the pagan cults known as Umbanda, Quimbanda, Candomble, or-to its detractors-as Macumba...