Word: dampness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cross up the hill. While he was nailed to it--which made him more yang--his disciples gave him vinegar on a reed. Vinegar is very yin, and it paralyzed his nervous system, which is also, yin. He got even more yin when they placed him in a damp cave. The paralysis didn't wear off for three days...
...sunken ship. When the Germans arrived, they found the freighter stripped clean, presumably by human chains of skindivers working at night. At the same time, the vicoli (back alleys) of Naples were ablaze with Oriental rugs hung out to dry and the narrow streets shaded by bolts of damp cloth stretched from window to win dow. The stalls of Forcella were glutted with wet Olivetti typewriters selling for as little...
...Saigon, mothers burdened with hastily wrapped packages and damp-eyed children boarded commercial airliners barely 36 hours after learning they were to be separated from their husbands, many for at least a year. The evacuation was scheduled to be completed early this week. Remaining behind: 440 dependents of private U.S. citizens...
Above all, Burnham is determined to damp down racial hatreds. "Every case of hooliganism will be ruthlessly dealt with," he vows. "We will not condone violence." Nonetheless, the colony may well be in for more violence before Jagan goes back to dentistry...
...midget, way up there is "the tallest man in the world." Behind that bush stands the bearded lady and over in the cutlery department the sword-swallower is just about to show his guts. But say, what's that whatsit wriggling down the midway: that long damp thing with the pale-green skin and the pollywog eyes and the squirmy little mouth...