Word: mask
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...centerpiece is Princess Tu Wan's funeral shroud. Found in 1968 in a Han dynasty tomb in Man-Ch'eng, less than 100 miles from Peking, it has already become an object of legend-the Chinese counterpart (at least in Western eyes) to Tutankhamon's gold mask. This is partly due to its extraordinary substance and workmanship: a complete body-armor of 2,156 slips of green and mutton-fat jade, each no bigger than a matchbook cover, intricately sewn and bound together with gold wire. Its archaeological interest is unique: ancient Chinese texts mentioned jade burial...
...face of it, the funds for basic research seem to have held their own in the Administration's new budget. In 1972 this "investigator-initiated" research got $564.3 million; next year the amount proposed will actually increase slightly-to $582.8 million. But many doctors feel that the figures mask an alarming change in direction that will have a long-range effect. The Administration is actually budgeting $460.6 million for continued funding of research already under way; the $122.2 million that is left for new research projects is $85 million less than in 1972. As a result of that reduction...
...usual, a minor conflict served to mask a power showdown. The catalyst was Nikki Pilic, the flamboyant Yugoslav star who was suspended by his national association for not living up to a purported commitment to represent his country in Davis Cup competition. "There is no problem," said Pilic. "The president of the Yugoslav association is my uncle." But the uncle was adamant, despite Pilic's pleas that he had never agreed to play. Then the I.L.T.F rashly involved the entire tennis world in what was essentially a family affair. It suspended Pilic until July 1, forcing him to miss...
...knock on his Eliot House door at 11 p.m. on January 22 and told the three youths who appeared that he did not know anyone named "John Simmons," they produced a gun and forced their way into the room. After robbing him of $26 in cash and a face mask valued at $10, the assailants bound White's hands and feet, placed a pistol next to his head and fired a shot into the ceiling...
...knock on his Eliot House door at 11 p.m. on January 22 and told the three youths who appeared that he did not know anyone named "John Simmons," they produced a gun and forced their way into the room. After robbing him of $26 in cash and a face mask valued at $10, the assailants bound White's hands and feet, placed a pistol next to his head and fired a shot into the ceiling...