Word: gathering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pakistan. Their touch, their shadow, even their mere presence is considered polluting by some caste Hindus. In some villages they must wait by the well, pot in hand, till a charitable upper-caste Hindu (standing at a careful distance) pours some water for them. Occasionally an Untouchable will gather enough money to hire an upper-caste villager to draw his water for him regularly. Caste Hindu employers sometimes wrap up the money to be paid Untouchable workers, drop the pay into their hands...
...born. For years, a guitar-strumming mariachi had only to play Adelita in the company of a Carrancista to get his guitar strings shot off. Carranza won the war, but Adelita has long since won the battle of the mariachi bands. Today, when a group of paunchy old boys gather in a cantina for an evening-Indians who robbed with Zapata, green-eyed Chihuahuans who followed Felipe Angeles, tall-talking Sonorans who fought from Obregón's armored trains-they call for Adelita...
...think of a wall as a filter between the outside and inside environments. For example, the wall of a factory in a hot climate should reflect outside heat and absorb inside heat, passing as much of it as possible to the outside. In a cold climate, the wall should gather all possible heat from the sunlight, while keeping inside heat from moving out. Modern materials, such as sheet metal, mineral wool and glass brick, allow the architects to design efficient "filter walls...
Provest Buck's brand new faculty Committee on Advising will gather for the first time today, its chairman, Dean Bender, announced Wednesday...
...middle and upper group courses. For the first time since its inception, co-education is proving its worth. This is no reason to slight the dark meat, plum pudding, and everything else in a Thanksgiving dinner--that would be foolish indeed. But before all men leave their classes and Gather Together, let there be praise, blessings, and amens for the kind official who permitted the Radcliffe girl to choose a seat and neighbor. This is reason for heartfelt thanksgiving...