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Word: mau (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chisholm urged students to speak up about Harvard policies but must avoid "mau-mauing" the administration of practicing reverse racism or sexism. "We need to learn more about the art of compromise-it is the highest of all arts...

Author: By Holly A. Delson, | Title: Chisholm Urges Student Crowd To Battle Racism | 9/15/1983 | See Source »

...with the children. In the purebred version, shorthair kittens cost $300 to $500. The Egyptian Man, a fairly new breed, is extremely rare-a mere 51 are C.F.A.-registered. The only spotted domestic in existence (in pewter or bronze for high-tech décor), the usually aloof Mau favors water and often surprises owners by joining them in the tub. The quiet Korat from ancient Siam is one of the oldest breeds. A silver-blue shorthair, this uncommon cat is prized for its smooth curves and big luminous eyes. The rugged Maine Coon, with a bushy, ringed tail, first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Top Cats: Breeds Apart | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...during a persecution of the Catholic Church, and in London during the blitz. He learned to love Viet Nam and opium during the last years of French occupation and spent 24 nervous hours at the doomed camp of Dien Bien Phu. Then it was on to Kenya for the Mau Mau uprising and later to a leper colony during the final days of the Belgian Congo. He sampled pornography in Batista's Havana, just before Castro and his forces came down from the hills. He fetched up in "Papa Doc" Duvalier's Haiti in 1963 and found himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Adventures in Greeneland | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

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