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Word: nomad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nomad tribes found the parchment in a cache of scrolls on the shores of the Dead Sea two years ago. Since that time, little has been done with the parchment because of its condition. It is, according to Pfeiffer a roll of sheepskin which has deteriorated greatly over the centuries until its is now a broken and hardened mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Discovery of Aramaic Scroll May Reveal Biblical Mystery | 12/7/1949 | See Source »

Among Bao Dai's other loyal followers are the Mois, a million G-stringed men and bare-breasted women who still lead a nomad life in the uplands. Last June, Buddhist Bao Dai personally took the oath of allegiance of a Moi tribal chief. The Mois still live under their ancient tribal laws, including the one that covers adultery. The first time an adulterous wife is caught, her lover is punished for seducing her. The second time, she is punished for permitting herself to be seduced again. The third time, the husband is punished-for not knowing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDO-CHINA: Life with Father & Mother | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...exhibition of Court, Village and Nomad Rugs from Turkey, Persia, and Central Asia will open at the Fogg Museum of Art at 3 p.m. today. The exhibition will continue until April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fogg Opens Rug Exhibition Today | 3/11/1949 | See Source »

...relatives prepared for her needs in another world. Buried with her were seven frozen horses (important in nomad symbolism), a gold-trimmed dagger, wood and clay vessels for food & drink. A box of cheese was still fresh (one of the diggers' dogs ate a piece with enthusiasm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Funeral in the Altai | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

...probably never so much as breathe a word what it would like, by way of a memorial. They will accept anything short of a fifty, foot granite obelisk. But the student body, with a greater potential for self-expression now than ever before, can hardly feel the same way. Nomad organizations and stageless actors cry for an integrated Student Activities Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: S.R.O.? | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

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