Word: jamaicas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...impassively as incense-swinging priests murmured prayers and the high priest read a long eulogy. Thus last week did Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, Lion of Judah, King of Kings and Elect of God, begin a week's visit to the three tiny Negro countries of Trinidad-Tobago, Jamaica and Haiti...
...whose ancestors came from Africa, share a sense of brotherhood and a deep feeling for African rulers, especially for an African king such as Selassie. They also share a similar history of colonialism, mixed populations and economic problems. Since they gained their independence in 1962, both Trinidad-Tobago and Jamaica have seen their economies slow down and unemployment rise. As for Haiti, its economy has always been a mess, and only gets worse every year...
Peter Galvin of 36 Forbes St., Jamaica Plain, said he was getting a boat ready for the Winthrop House crew when he saw something in the water. "First I saw some hair, then a body," Galvin explained. "Another man, I'm not sure who it was, saw it when I did. We didn't tell the Winthrop crew right away though...
...better convey nature's transcendental grandeur, Church soon began rearranging it. Rainy Season in the Tropics (opposite), painted after a trip to Jamaica, is an imaginary landscape, setting the Andes amid the lush tropical vegetation of the Caribbean. With its double-arched rainbow and rain-cleansed atmosphere, says Smith Professor David Huntington, author of the recently published The Landscapes of Frederic Edwin Church, it represents "the ne plus ultra of hope, an Alpine Genesis...
...woman in need of support it can be downright embarrassing. Girdle manufacturers, however, are rising to the crisis with all kinds of artful camouflage. Some are disguising the unseemly with ruffles; others propose nylon bloomers and all-in-one outfits with built-in bra and legs like Jamaica shorts. If all this seems too much, the well-dressed woman can simply take her stand against the rising hemline and resist. But she may soon find herself in a dwindling minority. Dress Designer Mainbocher speaks comfortingly of "client length," but he admits that his skirts are a full inch shorter than...