Word: saris
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pattern repeated itself in later years. The ways of passive action-the sari-clad women lying on railway tracks, the distilling of illicit salt from the sea, the boycotting of British shops, the strikes, the banner-waving processions-would lead to shots in the streets, to burning and looting. Gandhi always punished himself for his followers' transgressions by imposing a fast on himself...
...Born. To Sari Gabor Hilton, 26, "Miss Hungary" of 1936, and Conrad Nicholson Hilton, 59, hotel magnate: their first child, a daughter; in Manhattan. Name: Constance Francesca. Weight...
...months ago, Sari told tabloid readers that she11) had once been doped into "continuous slumber" for six months, and 2) was going to sue Hilton for divorce, $10 million...
...South Africa illegally discriminated against 280,000 Indian nationals in the Union, condemning them to a "ghetto" life. South Africa's Jan Christian Smuts, backed by Britain and the U.S., asked to have the matter adjudicated by the International Court of Justice. But many delegates watched the appealing, sari-clad figure of India's Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, who dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief), and they forgot the World Court. Mrs. Pandit had previously claimed that "Jesus Christ Himself . . . would be a prohibited immigrant [to South Africa]." The two countries were instructed...
Madame la Maráchale, 67, was dignified in a straw sailor and a high-necked light tailleur. Short, chunky Madame Laval, 57, wore sari-like slacks and a beige coat. Her hair was swathed in a capacious scarf...