Word: clayed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...renewal of the fury might come from, an utterly unpolitical cause. This week, in tense Calcutta and elsewhere in Bengal, worshipers of the goddess Durga will celebrate her festival with clay images and ceremonial parades. Durga is the good side of the same ambivalent goddess of which Kali is the evil face.* In this same week Moslems will celebrate Id-el-Atha, their version of the story of Abraham and Isaac. Usually they sacrifice cows, but this week many, lest the Hindus be offended, plan again to sacrifice sheep.† Even so, the two coincident festivals might touch off killing...
...hairdo had to be imaginary. The style adopted, with strands stiffened with clay, was copied from later Mexican Indians. To make his reconstructed man look younger, Steppat gave him a full set of teeth (the original skull lacked uppers...
Disagreement between an international trade official and the former financial adviser to Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lucius Clay developed in the initial Law School forum of the year at Rindge Tech on "what should our policy regarding economic reconstruction of Europe...
American occupation personnel, particularly in civil government, is feeling very low in morale. It is embarrassing, humiliating, and frustrating to have to face up to their German contacts. . . . The Marshall demurral came only as an after-fact. There was no advance reminder from General Clay that the Hamburg docking would be a purely British undertaking; so that even technically the Americans were in no way defended for the record...
...courts behind Dillon Field House will be clay, and 15 are asphalt. In addition, by the middle of October, 15 of the old Business School courts will be resurfaced with asphalt...