Word: seales
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Evtushenko, 29, pondered the questions of West German newsmen on a visit to the free side of the Iron Curtain with his wife Galya, who has been translating Salinger into Russian. Spiffily decked out in the latest Russo-Italian style-bobtailed blue suit, pointy shoes, argyle socks and a seal-fur bow tie-the symbol of flaming Soviet youth and the "generation of the thaw," denied that "thaw" is the proper word. "I think the process is actually more like spring, sort of early spring with some cold winds and even occasional frost in between. But, like spring in nature...
...That will be all. You have been a cooperative witness and I hereby grant you my seal of approval...
Jackie's gift was obtained in New Bedford, Mass., by Artist Milton Delano (a distant and Republican relative of F.D.R.'s), who spent 160 hours etching the Presidential Seal into the ivory and another 80 hours polishing it as clean as a hound's tooth. Jackie commissioned Delano for the job last summer. At that time. the townspeople of Fairhaven. Mass., presented the President with another, smaller whale's tooth, on which Delano had etched Jack's likeness. The President was so delighted with it that Jackie decided he ought to have another...
Ceremonially blowing smoke to the four winds, Mayan priests puffed their pipes to please the gods; the Sioux passed around the calumet to seal the peace; 16th century Frenchman Jean Nicot (whose name is immortalized in the word nicotine) promoted pipe smoking as a sure cure for ulcers; and 19th century authors rhapsodized like Bulwer-Lytton: "A pipe, it is a great soother, a pleasant comforter. Blue devils fly before its honest breath. It ripens the brain, it opens the heart, and the man who smokes thinks like a Samaritan...
Tomorrow's soccer clash between the fourth place Crimson and second place Brown will definitely seal the fate of the loser, and will put the victor into strong contention for the league title...