Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many more police as he thought necessary. He used the obviously exaggerated figure of 5,000 more police, and-while the council responded with cheers and a standing ovation -one of its leaders said that they would approve any addition, "7,000 or 70,000." The council was rubbed raw by the assaults on its two members...
...France, any entente that is less than cordiale with the land of par-lez-vous is as unthinkable as Paris with out spring or onion soup minus the crouton. But now la soupe is spoiled-and most Americans are blaming one chef d'etat too many. Grated raw by the rough edge of the French President's tongue, they are kindled with an ardent wish to divide Charles de Gaulle into three parts...
Died. Otis Redding, 25, kingfish of soul music; when his light plane crashed into a lake near Madison, Wis. Otis wailed his dirt-raw blues to jazzed-up blasts of trumpets and trombones and cut loose a string of hits (Respect, Try a Little Tenderness) that took soul music out of the ghetto and into...
...shards and searing gasoline. It took two days to reach Nhi Dong Children's Hospital in Saigon, and infection had spread across the burned one-third of his body. Skin grafts failed and Nhon's right hand was amputated, a typical last resort in Viet Nam. The raw burns on his head, arms and legs wept precious protein fluids he could not spare, a virus infection boiled up in one knee, and malnutrition took its toll for eight months as his condition worsened...
...pink" uniforms and advertised them delectably as "cupcakes." Staid Northwest Airlines added a mink collar to its stewardess attire last month-and lifted hemlines just above the knee. To whip up interest in its South American routes, Braniff has just introduced such gourmet dishes as Cebiche Peruano de Pescado (raw fish steeped in lemon juice) and Arroz con Pato Chifa (marinated duckling in soy sauce with date, rice and walnut dressing) even aboard domestic flights. Reinforcing its $2,000,000-a-year take-the-wife-along campaign, United has been spending its own money to promote the availability of reduced...