Word: clothing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were other revelations, said the enthusiastic Spaniards. Bobbin lace, formerly thought to have been unknown before the 16th Century, was found in the tombs, as was cloth from China. Until the opening of the Las Huelgas sarcophagi, Spanish historians had not been absolutely sure whether Enrique I of Castile died from a blow on the head at Palencia in 1217, or from natural causes. Enrique's skull, found in the tomb, confirmed the theory of violent death; it also showed what archeologists interpreted as advanced techniques of trepanation, demonstrating a medieval knowledge of surgery hitherto unsuspected...
...sweet potato fields of Okinawa creep over the slate volcanic soil, covering the shell holes and the bloodstained caves where two great armies fought for eleven weeks. Weeds cover the charred foundations of what once were neat stone houses. Near by rise clusters of lean-tos made of cloth, battered boards and castoff American corrugated iron...
...Brattle Theater Company has in the past devoted its efforts to the ancient and modern classics, and perhaps one could say that "The Guardsman" is a classic of that kind, though of a far different cut of cloth. The fiber is weak but the pattern is bright, and the present wearers have given it a remarkable sheen...
...quietly in the dark. Happily, however, a great many of her dances involve very little footwork and age has not yet withered Miss St. Denis' talented and talkative hands. All of the dances performed in this concert were executed with the hands and, usually, a piece of cloth...
...tape should be cut from U.S. Customs regulations. One horrible example: An importer of women's coats could not get his goods through Customs because U.S. officials were unable to decide whether the import duty should be levied on the cloth or on the coat buttons. EUR) European countries must relax or abolish all import-export controls as quickly as possible and stop penalizing exporters, as Britain has, by putting an extra tax on export profits...