Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...absorbed much of the dark, animistic Bon Po religion of primitive Tibet and swarms with demons and fiercely copulating gods. The world is haunted by such specters as the ro-langs, or standing dead. They walk with their eyes closed, never change direction, and their touch is fatal to human beings. There are mountain demons who suck the life from unwary travelers, demons who cause hailstorms and earthquakes and eclipses. The Tibetan Buddhist contemplates an intricate pantheon, from the five Dhyani-Buddhas, who share the guardianship of the world, to hosts of spirits. Yet, writes Tibetan Scholar Maurice Percheron...
...ignored in Vincent's will (TIME, Feb. 16), informally entered a surprise argument. Its gist: thrice-married Playboy J.J. needs the money. Turning his coffers inside out just before sailing for England, J.J., doubtless aware that the bulk of Vincent's money is earmarked to "alleviate human misery," complained that he is down to his last...
...Henriquez a stocky, fiftyish Italian archaeologist, should know, for he is the curator of one of the world's most unusual museums, devoted solely to war and its bulky artifacts. As other pack rats yearn for stamps, china cygnets, or shrunken human heads, De Henriquez cherishes the debris of the battlefield. Over five decades Collector de Henriquez has spent $12 million of his own money amassing some 100,000 items, ranging from Stone Age spears to Jet Age missiles, from medieval Japanese muskets to Italian army glockenspiels...
...American and the Japanese are like Cain and Abel in the primeval jungle of human conscience. Quicksand sucks down the American; the Japanese hauls him out. When gangrene threatens the Japanese, the American pours his only packet of sulfa powder into the ugly leg wound. The pair learn each other's names-Alvin and Kimura. When Alvin moons about his girl in Sedalia, Mo., Kimura mimes the death of his wife in an air raid. In such scenes, Actor Hayakawa makes Kimura grow wordlessly in stature and sympathy. Actor Piazza cannot prevent poor, blathering Alvin from being a bore...
...Such human problems as the effects of fallout on pregnancy and the aftereffects of hard liquor were considered last week by researchers at the American Chemical Society meetings in Boston. Items...