Word: hangings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...centuries, the nomadic Masai tribesmen have loped like lions across their vast grazing plains near Mount Kilimanjaro, wearing nothing much more confining than a breechcloth of calico. Even in recent years, the Masai have continued to carry spears, smear their bodies with a red ocher pigment, hang weighty baubles in their pendulous ear lobes and quaff their favorite brew of clotted steer's blood, curdled milk and cow urine. Now Tanzanian President Ju lius Nyerere has decided that it is time for the Masai to pick up some civilized habits. In a policy designed to stamp out "ancient, unhealthy...
...business career. Some are so inexperienced in the ways of the world that they show up for job interviews wearing sports shirts. A few are alcoholics. Many suffer from psychological problems-ranging from what they dub a "Judas complex" (a fear that they have betrayed Christ) to sexual hang-ups over celibacy† to lack of confidence. As a result, some ex-priests end up in jobs far below their intellectual capacities. Several former clerics now drive taxis for a living...
...countries to the wolves? Confronted with a choice of evils, the wise man chooses the lesser; that's what we have to do in Viet Nam. But let's not forget, as we make our choice, that the lives of the most successful democracies in Southeast Asia hang on our decision. PAUL PEACH Professor Faculty of Engineering University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur...
...right to silence and a lawyer were declared inadmissible by the U.S. Supreme Court. Weinberg's confession did not meet the requirements, and the prosecution had little other evidence against him. Whether they knew it or not, the psychiatrists were freeing him. All Weinberg had to do was hang on to his mental balance until a pro forma hearing made his release official...
...Fortunate indeed will be the woman whom he betrothes. There should be more prospective husbands around with his attitude of love and understanding. Obviously, his only hang-up is the normal, healthy desire for fulfillment...