Word: eskimo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...death. One Beatle is portrayed in a walrus suit on the front cover, and the song "I Am the Walrus" ends side one. LaBour made the unsubstantiated assertion in his story that "walrus" means "corpse" in Greek- somehow. It has also been rumored that the walrus is an Eskimo symbol of death, but LaBour says that he has studied the Eskimos and knows of no such symbol...
...finding his confidence again on other fronts. As Democratic whip, Kennedy happily took over the majority leadership last week during a brief absence by Mike Mansfield. He skillfully managed to restore $3.9 million in committee to an education program for Eskimo and Indian children -and was scheduled to meet in New Mexico early this week with Indian leaders to discuss the bill. He floor-managed a National Science Foundation bill that resulted in a half-billion-dollar authorization. He led a fight to kill a $45 million appropriation to extend the west front of the Capitol, a particularly fatuous project...
That is not to say that Morrow does not provide some local twists in his administration of justice. "In this culture," he says, "the criminal code of Canada does not always apply." Eskimo custom, for example, long tolerated blood-feud killings and also executions, which occurred when a village informally but solemnly decided that a particular individual was a threat to the public good. When Morrow is occasionally faced with such crimes, he makes no attempt to excuse the acts, but his sentences are usually light...
...says. "These are kids. I think of myself as bringing the presence of the law into these places, and I try to sit down and explain to these people whenever possible. What I'm doing is teaching civics." It is not easy. For a start, none of the Eskimo dialects have a precise translation of the words guilty and innocent. Judge comes out as "one who listens" or, more simply, "boss." In the unusual cases when there is also a six-man jury, the arrangement is described by Eskimo interpreters as "a big boss and six small bosses...
...getting through. In Resolute, 60 miles from the Magnetic Pole, a local teen-age interpreter greeted him proudly wearing a green sweatshirt emblazoned with "Here comes the judge." It was meant as a serious tribute. On the same stop there was perhaps an even more significant indicator. An Eskimo was fined $5 for beating up a friend. He was asked after the trial if the decision had been fair. "I don't have $5," he said morosely. But had the judge done right? After a thoughtful pause, the Eskimo replied: "He spoke the truth...