Word: cowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Your Religion editor writes, "Just outside New Delhi, in low bamboo enclosures paved with dried cow dung, 400 Hindu pundits and priests have gathered." Dried cow dung- indeed. A thin solution of cow dung and water is patted on the ground to produce a hard greyish surface which is then artistically decorated with various colored pigments. The result is a sweet-smelling, smooth layer that holds up under normal traffic for many days. Since the worshipers remove their sandals, the floor of the enclosure is far cleaner than the floor of the average department store one hour after opening...
...Maoris are most careful to give every vowel and each syllable full and equal value, with a touch of Boston broadness. In the word under discussion, one takes a deep breath and says "tau" (as in cow), "martar," and then goes on from there, ending up with "tarhoo." For non-Maoris, the English translation is easier: "Hill Where the Great Husband of Heaven, Tane, Caused Plaintive Music from His Flute to Ascend to His Beloved...
...tests have contaminated milk, and 3) the theory that milk, as a major source of cholesterol, the fatty substance that clogs blood vessels, may be a cause of heart disease. President Kennedy last week argued that milk is a good buy. He gently reassured the strontium 90 worriers: "The cow itself, along with other factors, makes our milk very safe." And he tut-tutted the cholesterol carpers: "It has not been sufficiently established to justify the abandonment of this nutritious element, except where doctors have individually prescribed special diets...
...JANA SANGH PARTY commands only four seats in the Lok Sabha. but has a growing strength based on its virulent anti-Moslem, antiminority appeal. Jana Sangh's Hindu reactionaries would restrict the rights of Moslems, Christians and untouchables ; they would forbid cow slaughter all over India. Jana Sangh is confident that it can win many Congress voters away from their party. "Scratch a Congressman and you find a Jan Sanghi," says a party leader. But the party is strongly opposed by many Hindus who disapprove of its fanaticism...
...case, after the re-emergence, at least eating will be a cinch. If you are a farmer, all you have to do, the book says, is go out to the barn and slaughter a cow. As everybody knows, cows are extremely sensitive to "nuclear weapons" and upon perceiving a detonation, immediately go into a two-week-long state of suspended animation. Fortunately, therefore, neither milking nor feeding is necessary during this period...