Word: clothe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...discovery comes neither easily nor early. In the novel-ending bullfight scene, Thornhill perceives that man is as mesmerized by delusion as is the bull by the cape. At the moment of revelation-when he first sees behind the cloth of illusion-the sword is halfway home...
...government say we got to creep before we walk," said a Kingston shoeshine boy, snapping his cloth. Then he looked up. "Hell, mon, we been creeping forever." Just finished celebrating its second anniversary of nationhood after 307 years of British rule, Jamaica is an impatient country, increasingly dissatisfied with merely creeping toward the accouterments of modern life that newly independent peoples feel they have coming to them. Jamaicans want TV sets, washing machines, new autos-and they want them soon...
...solace to these men of the cloth, may I quote a minister who in 1796 when Jefferson became Vice President prayed, "O Lord! Wilt Thou bestow upon the Vice President a double portion of Thy grace, for Thou knowest he needs...
...journalists and television commentators to correct the gross errors that they made. Immediately after the tragic act, these opinion molders started a campaign trying to convince the public that the assassination took place because of the "extreme right-wingers" in Dallas. In fact, Dallas people put on sack cloth and ashes as if each and every one were partly guilty. Even university professors wrote books and articles about this guilt. The FBI and the Secret Service were criticized because they should have "rounded up" or done something or other with Oswald. But if the FBI and Secret Service were more...
...into unexpected territory. Hertz uses it to symbolize its dominance in the car-rental field, and Britain's Rootes Motors has just brought out a new $3,400 sports car called the Sunbeam Tiger, with the slogan "Grab a Tiger by the Wheel." Gimmick manufacturers are selling countless cloth tiger tails, priced from 18? to $1, to department stores. Humble dealers have sold thousands of tiger-tail tips to customers, most of whom clip them onto gas tanks. This fall Humble is ready to introduce napkins, clothing, and trick-or-treat bags with the tiger theme...