Word: older
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wife and older children were out working; his four-year-old son Bikram was playing outside the hut. Hari Singh took him inside, laid him on a cot and, with a scream of "Kali mai ki jai" (Hail Mother Kali), cut his throat. Then, carrying Bikram's bloody body and chanting the name of Kali, he strode out along the street. An awe-struck crowd followed him to the temple of the goddess, watched while he sprinkled the blood on her black image and smeared it on her forehead...
...take a boy from the Midwest, from Ponca City, Okla., for instance. Teach him to speak Italian, then put him in an apartment that is 20 years older than his own country's government. Put this apartment in the center of Rome about a block from where Julius Caesar was killed, where from his studio window he can see the church in which the first act of Tosca takes place. Let him become close friends with several Italian families. Let him visit the major museums and cities of Europe, and live the last three months in Venice...
...financing brought another small drop in the Government bond market as older U.S. securities slid to bring their yields more in line with the new rates. Hopefully, the Treasury expects the market to stabilize before it is forced to raise more cash in two months. Secretary Anderson is under no illusions that his job of financing the debt will be easy. Last week, in a speech to the American Bankers Association, he pointed out a new problem he has to contend with...
Members of both College Republican clubs expect that only one of the clubs will have its charter renewed, with the older HYRC in the favored position for renewal...
Theodore Bikel, a considerably older pro than Curtis or Poitier, turns in a fine performance as the sheriff. No one else is much good...