Word: cottons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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English, Greek, or French South African, or Latin; Almost any wench Would cotton to Mountbatten...
...loose his Voice of the Arabs on the Jordan mobs, helped get Britain's Glubb Pasha expelled from Jordan. Then the West learned that Nasser had contracted to buy not $60 million worth of arms (as he indicated) but $240 million worth; he had mortgaged Egypt's cotton crop to the Communists for years to come. Later Nasser also triumphantly announced that the deal was with Russia itself, not Czechoslovakia. Abruptly the U.S. lost patience, withdrew its offer to help finance the Aswan Dam. In retaliatory fury, Nasser seized the Suez Canal crying: "Americans, may you choke...
...crown-shaped hats, yellow sailor-type collars, ballooning gold pants. gold sashes and white masks. Next came the "King," Louisiana Industrialist (forest products) Parrish Fuller, who was costumed in a jeweled crown, aquamarine pasha pants and cloak. Then 26 pretty Louisiana "queens" - Yambilee (i.e., yams) Queen, Shrimp Queen, Cotton Queen, Livestock and Pasture Queen, etc. -each accompanied by a masked "Duke" in wig, buckled shoes and knee breeches. Each queen curtsied low to the evening's guests of honor, Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat. Nixon responded to each with a low bow, and to the strains...
Nirmal Hriday has nursed more than half its 6,363 admissions back to health. But it is still intended primarily as a place for those beyond helping. One day last week Mother Teresa watched a new arrival, who, when he felt the thin, cotton pallet that covers the iron bedsteads, clutched it fiercely and said: "Thank God! Now I can die like a human being...
...stocks listed on the exchange. Said Standard & Poor's President Charles A. Schmutz: "It will be the most complete and technically accurate measure of the market ever devised." The new index will be carried hourly on the tickers of the American Stock Exchange, Commodity News Services and Cotton Ticker, be available to all clients of Standard & Poor's statistical service...