Word: homelands
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only 34, a little pock-marked and addicted to sadism, but a man after the Hurs' hearts. They are a cattle-grazing tribe of some 100,000, whose poor homeland of sand, scrub jungles and marshes has made them perverse. They are Moslems, but they build their mosques facing away from Mecca and orthodox Moslems call them Lurs (the Unholy). Some 8,000 Hurs, the Lurs, are joined in blood brotherhood in fanatic support of Pir of Pagaro, whom they regard as God. They dress in green, salute each other by folding their arms on their chests, have nothing...
Buddhism, which originated in India in the 5th Century B.C., had spread all over the East but practically disappeared from its homeland by the 13th Century A.D.The Buddhist ascendancy mellowed Indian sculpture into a less sensuous character. Instead of the bulbous breasts, swivel hips, wasp waists and whirling, multiple arms of Hinduism's gods, the Buddha had a repose of form and peace of countenance somewhat like that of the greatest Greek sculpture...
...flow into Manchuria and Karafuto. They would endanger the eastern horn of Hokkaido as the Karafuto offensive would endanger that to the west. So great would be the peril to Japan that Tokyo's first thought would be to withdraw its forces for the defense of the homeland. The United Nations could then accept 'absurd' risks. Once entrenched in Hokkaido, they need no longer fear any of the Nipponese far-flung pincers. The garrisons of Alaska, Hawaii and the American West Coast could be safely thrown into the Hokkaido drive against Honshu and Tokyo." Adds Kiralfy, "Chicago...
...Madagascar the gentle, black-skinned Malagasy, who live close to nature and call their God "The Fragrant One," could find no interest beyond their flowers and their fields. The French, far from the desecrated altars and scattered ashes of their homeland, had no heart for battle. And when the British struck, they struck with nicely calculated force...
...Warriors. Meanwhile Government Youth Training Centers, greatly enlarged since pre-war days, teach British children leaving school at 14 the mastery of machine tools, the use of electric welding. The Church Lads Brigades learn how to fight fires and repair bomb damage. Others, given "the privilege of defending their homeland against invasion," march and train with oldsters in the Home Guard. More than a million youngsters are on call for national service. Thousands of others learn navigation, signaling and aircraft identification in eager preparation for enlistment at 18 in the services. Most popular service-training organization is the Air Training...