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Word: lappas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long divorced, she still supports 19 adopted children in Liberia. Over the years, besides raising her own two sons, who are now grown and working in her country, she has been foster mother to 47 youngsters. The maternal image is enhanced by her ample figure and by the matching lappa (skirts) and turbans that she prefers to the businesslike suits worn by most other women delegates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Everybody's Miss Brooks | 9/26/1969 | See Source »

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