Word: nara
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...demoktirasi-style Japanese girl with knapsack and climbing boots. The beleaguered priests enlisted villagers to turn back any woman they found approaching the mountain. They rebuilt the trail to the top, making it difficult even for experienced climbers. But then came the fatal proclamation of the miko in Nara prefecture...
...adult Americans sees most printed words as mere squiggly lines, and is, to U.S. census takers, a "functional illiterate." One such is Nara High, 64. of Durham, N.C. Instead of going to school, she went to work at eight in a textile mill, now lives alone in retirement, mostly watching television. "Oh, I would love to write my name," says she. "It would mean so much...
This week Nara High's precious TV set becomes more than a soporific as she and 53 other Durham illiterates prepare for an exciting venture. At 6 a.m., four days a week, they will turn on their TV sets for a 30-minute lesson. The aim: to give them a fourth-grade education in reading and writing by midsummer...