Word: hinting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...attempt to look like occidentals the actors appeared with built-up noses and shoes, actresses with built-up busts and behinds. But the translation was clear and faithful. Did the Jap audience get the anti-fascist point? The faces behind the calmly wagging bamboo fans gave no hint...
Ancient Art. The origin of the enema is veiled in the mist of antiquity. The Hindu Vedas hint of its use in 2000 B.C. In the sth Century Herodotus noted that "the Egyptians clear themselves on three consecutive days every month." The Egyptians learned the art, said the Roman Naturalist Pliny, from the long-beaked ibis, who "washes the inside of his body by introducing water with his beak into the channel by which ... the residue of our food should leave...
...decided against marrying again, she is taking a job as schoolmarm in the gaudy, uncivilized court of King Mongkut (Rex Harrison). The King's domestic arrangements are already pretty well set, what with his hundreds of wives and concubines and an estimated 67 children. There is never a hint of romance between Anna and her difficult new boss. But their relationship is complex, mature, always threatening to explode...
There he made his decision: veto. This week he so informed Congress. He recommended that it study permanent labor legislation, but gave not one hint of what he wanted. He also gave Congress six months to bring in a bill-well beyond the November elections...
Amid the sound & fury, OPA approved a 1? hike in the price of a loaf of bread, already cut 10% in weight to save grain. The increase, on the heels of OPA boosts in the price of butter and milk, looked like a lively hint of things to come...