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...scorn rang a trifle hollow. Although he possesses a medical degree from the University of Dakar, Houphouet has been known to consult the omens of juju himself before making decisions, and even his name has a special juju meaning. In his native Baoule dialect, Houphouet means "pit of excrement"-a phrase intended to scare off devils...
...goofballs). Inevitably, the giggling had to stop, for Clacton's invaders belonged to London's two hostile teen cults: the "Mods" (for Moderns), foppishly dressed youths who drive souped-up, chrome-plated scooters; and the "Rockers," who wear black boots, black leather jackets, drive powerful motorcycles, and scorn the Mods as "queer." The rumble erupted on the second...
...salesgirls (average weight: 90 Ibs.), who regard flesh as a disease, treat women of average proportions as carriers, whisk them into the street for quarantine. Anyone weighing more than 100 Ibs. is viewed with scorn. Size 14s are advised to stay indoors, or wear dresses. Nowhere else in the world must the customer alter to fit the clothes...
Striking at the Roots. With the Republicans raising campaign funds at 21 Go-Day rallies, it was natural that some orators, considering the kind of week it was, should be critical of Johnson's handling of foreign policy. "We have been insulted, humiliated and held up to scorn!" cried two-time Presidential Candidate Thomas Dewey last week. "We ought to pull up our socks...
...mass meeting at the Palais des Sports was sponsored by the biweekly L'Auto-Journal, whose editors founded the Syndicat National des Automobilistes, and have, since October, received 370,000 applications for membership. The syndicat's immediate goal is to "put an end to the scorn with which public powers treat the fundamental highway and traffic problems." The meeting started 30 minutes late because, as the announcer pointed out, of "slow-moving traffic," and ended tumultuously when the hall was darkened and the audience was suddenly showered with thousands upon thousands of official-looking traffic tickets that fluttered...