Word: reddish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...together or relaxing in the sand made an impressive sight. No segregation. No arguments. When we hit the surf, people watched us with curiosity. Again we observed the mixed hair textures and skin colors. Some dark brown Cubans had natural yellow brown hair. A few very dark people had reddish hair. We saw some swimmers who looked Asian but spoke Spanish and were Cubans. Cubans are a mixture of races and cultures--a hybrid of people...
...spindly three-legged spacecraft sits silently on the dry, barren landscape. Suddenly, on command from controllers some 200 million miles away, the robot comes alive. A motor whirls; a slender, 10-ft. long arm reaches out, opens a small scoop and digs up some of the reddish soil...
...help. Unless they receive aid, they will be unable to plant new crops or raise new herds even if the rains do come. The Sahel's flat savannas, which once supported the blue-and black-robed Tuareg and Fulani warriors, are now empty, save for the thousands of reddish brown mounds that mark the graves of those who starved. At least 100,000 have died...
...victim. Nobody had actually seen him captured, and police learned that the fun-loving youth had joked with friends about how easy it would be to stage his own kidnaping. Then, early in November, an envelope was delivered to the Rome daily Il Messaggero. It contained a lock of reddish hair and a severed human ear. "This is Paul's first ear," read a typewritten note. "If within ten days the family still believes that this is a joke mounted by him, then the other ear will arrive. In other words, he will arrive in little bits...
Saudi Arabia is almost the size of Texas and Alaska combined, and 98% of it is barren, reddish brown desert; there are no rivers or lakes. Summer temperatures boil up to 120° in the forenoon, and nights can be shiveringly cool. During the month-long spring gale, or shamal, the blowing sand sifts into the loose robes worn by most Saudis and mantles the cities in white powdery dust...