Word: hairs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...truth is beauty, how come no one has her hair done at the library...
...Hare Krishnas-also notable for shaving their heads except for one hank of hair by which they can be yanked into heaven-follow a centuries-old tradition of bhakti (devotion) to Krishna, one of the major Hindu gods. The sect was founded in the U.S. in 1966 by an Indian guru, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and numbers 2,500 core members; missionaries back to India have gained few converts...
Tournament week is an official holiday for many schools, and the players, their chaperones and supporters checked into hotel rooms that had been booked for a year. They commandeered entire floors, lugging hair curlers, stereo tape decks and stuffed mascots. One coach brought along a toaster to ensure breakfast for his flock. Between forays to Frankel's clothing store to gawk at the array of trophies-including the 3ft.-high bronze totem for the winning team-the girls decorated hallways with flowers and telegrams sent by fans back home...
...novel whose unreal made real includes a Central American country called Boca Grande. Once more the author writes about a distressed California woman. Charlotte Douglas is the victim of a romantic idealism so hermetic that self-knowledge is impossible. The currents of revolution and privilege scarcely ruffle her hair. Incapable of reflection, Charlotte moves, therefore she is. This unexamined life is filtered through the tough mind of Grace Strasser-Mendana, Colorado-born widow of a Boca Grande plutocrat...
When Goodman came in, the audience stood. He looked tired but suave, with his thinning white hair, holding his black clarinet, in his black and white suit. The couple in the balcony sat on edge. Benny was not young. His hand did not look strong when it gave Bunch the tempo, and he took a few deep breaths before he put the clarinet to his lips. But he followed the beat in and when he started to blow, forty years made no difference. Goodman played strong and jubilant, and moved like the puppet of some demon beat he swallowed...