Word: descents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...millions of Moslems from the teeming cities of India to the jungle swamps of Tanganyika, the Aga Khan was a holy figure, held in unquestioning esteem. Born in Karachi of Persian parents on Nov. 2, 1877, of a line that claims direct descent from the Prophet's daughter Fatima, young Mahomed Shah became Imam of the Ismailis at the age of seven, when his father died...
...lighting, and walls tapestried with ivory silk. Hanging against them with vibrant life were 800 paintings, the world-famous masterpieces back home again: Dürer's Four Apostles, Altdorfer's cosmic Battle of Alexander, Rubens' dramatic Battle of the Amazons, Rembrandt's eloquent Descent from the Cross, El Greco's ominous Despoiling of Christ, Boucher's luscious Girl Resting...
Gently as a gnat touching meringue, a blue-and-silver three-seat helicopter last week eased down onto a yellow marker on the White House lawn. Correspondents duly noted the executive mansion's, first helicopter landing.* But the practice descent marked something else as well. Air Pioneer Dwight Eisenhower was the first President to use a light plane (the twin-engined Aero-Commander 560) in short hops, e.g., to and from his Gettysburg farm. Now Ike is ready to employ the air age's newest child in civil-defense evacuation and in flights of convenience over Washington...
Kielbasa & 39? Steak. Most plants try to avoid repeating menus more than once every two or three weeks, pay attention to workers' preferences, and have extras for special occasions. Cleveland's Thompson Products has a steak dinner ($1.50) every payday; Chrysler has kielbasa for workers of Polish descent. Pittsburgh's H. J. Heinz Co. has imported Swiss, German and Austrian chefs, encourages recipes from employees. Average check at Heinz: 33? for production-line workers (who often bring part of their lunch from home), 53? for executives and white-collar workers...
Hussein, like his people, is a figure caught between two worlds, and inside himself plays out many of the conflicts which rend the Middle East. He is the scion of one of Islam's proudest families, the 41st generation representative of the Hashemite clan in direct descent from the Prophet Mohammed. He is also the Westernized product of a British schooling, who likes nothing better than to tinker over a souped-up Cadillac at the Amman auto club, pilot his personal jet across the desert skies, or dance the Arabian nights out to Latin American jazz rhythms...