Word: pileser
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Scattered across this diverse land, Nigeria's cities throb with the vigor of noisy commerce and the color of exotic dyes. In the federal capital of Lagos (pronounced Lay-gahs), where gleaming buildings rise among the slums, the streets are a cacophony of honking autos and a torrent of...
In Casablanca's teeming Mzdina Orharab quarter last week, veiled Moroccan matrons surreptitiously rummaged through piles of secondhand brassieres, modestly hid their purchases under their flowing djellabah cloaks. Mothers with babies tied to their backs bought young daughters pastel organdy dresses for 47?,
Richard Nixon blundered in announcing that he would defend Quemoy and Matsu. The American people are not willing to risk the start of World War III over these two piles of rocks on the doorstep of Communist China! Berlin and Formosa, yes; Quemoy and Matsu, no!
Under the Ice. A long-range project to be started this season is to turn permanent icecap bases into under-ice towns. As snow accumulates, the U.S.'s present buildings sink deeper and deeper beneath the frosty surface. New buildings will be put in deep ice trenches. Observation towers...
Carolina Maria de Jesus, a tall Negro woman with three illegitimate children, each by a different man, lived in a teeming favela (slum) in São Paulo. At dawn she queued up for water at a public spigot, an empty oil can on her head. To buy bread and...