Word: om
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Citizen's Complaint. Last week many Britons were looking longingly at a Scandinavian answer to this problem-the institution of the ombudsman (pronounced om-boods-maw), a word that translates roughly as "the grievance man.'' Founded in Sweden 150 years ago in frank imitation of the ancient Roman 'tribunes of the people," whose job it was to watch the administration of justice and give assistance to citizens who were treated harshly, it has since spread to Finland and Denmark, is likely to be adopted this fall by Norway...
...spent in meditation and prayer. There are nearly as many Living Buddhas as there are lamaseries, including one female incarnation whose name translates as "Thunderbolt Sow." Prayer is everywhere, on the lips of men and on flags and bits of paper stamped with woodblock imprints of the sacred words: "Om mani padme hum [Hail, the jewel in the lotus)." The phrase flutters from tall poles outside villages, from trees and cairns; it is stuffed inside the chortens' hollow towers at crossroads, and revolves constantly in the prayer wheels in every temple, nearly every house. There is gold in Tibet...
...Whoo. Whoo. Twitter. Z-o-o-om. MA-A-A-CHINE!" The sounds whooped and wallowed in the semidarkness, seemed to race one another, swooped head on into ear-splitting collisions. Under the domed ceiling, lights wriggled and flickered, reeled and burst in dazzling, flaky showers. A voice came booming in: "MATCHWOOD SPLITS INTO MATCHES...
...wage increase cost them only $3.15 a ton. Furthermore, some other manufacturing costs are down. Charged Kefauver: "Steelmen cannot justify the continued existence of a price increase in view of the fact that the price of scrap used in a ton of steel is down around $3.85 fr,om the average price a year ago." (The average price of No. 1 heavy melting grade scrap has plummeted in the past year from...
...member once when I wuz a kid my Dad had trouble with skunks stealin' eggs from th' hen coop. He took down his gun one day an' he shot them skunks. Made a lot o' noise, but he sure fixed 'om. Didn't have no trouble 't all after that...