Word: mooning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Many converted to Hinduism found themselves classified as untouchables. Robbed by unscrupulous moneylenders, some tribes now believe that the sun and moon go into eclipse to escape their creditors. The practices of headhunting, human sacrifice and witchcraft have almost disappeared, but adibasis are not sure civilization is all gain. Said one, pointing to an eleven year-old bride, "We didn't have child marriages before...
...first place, he complained in his deposition, Leeds Music Corp.'s spoony adaptation (Summer Moon-TIME, Nov. 3, 1947) of the rondo from his Firebird Suite was "devoid of musical merit" and had "declassed" him. It had also damaged him "morally" to the tune...
...theoretical way of "seeing around the earth" and guiding a missile that may explain the continued official interest in artificial satellites (TIME, Jan. 10). Granted the development of nuclear-powered rocket motors, it would not be impossible to establish such a satellite revolving round the earth like a tame moon. If its orbit were several thousand miles high, it could watch a good part of the earth (see diagram...
With a straight face, the Tulsa Trades Council (A.F.L.) nominated a little group that it would like to see take the first rocket trip to the moon. Sample nominees: Westbrook Pegler ("because of his ability to report true facts"), H. V. Kaltenborn ("for his ability to accurately analyze new developments"), Fulton Lewis Jr. ("for his ability to expose shoddy administration...
...seems popular now. Wilber, Archey, and the aged Pops Foster take turns backing restrained solo breaks, with only the final choruses of such venerable numbers as "Rose Room," "Muskrat Ramble," and "High Society" erupting into high, driving chords. These closing choruses, plus Archey's solo on "How High The Moon," were the brightest spots of Sunday's performance...