Word: skins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rich in Our Crowd, and the Wasp rich in The Right People. With a raconteur's ear for a good anecdote and an interior decorator's eye for a well-placed objet d'art, he classifies the values of the wealthy blacks, their habits, schools, clubs, skin tones, accents, charities and floor plans...
...will not leave until I set foot in Mutshatsha," Mobutu declared grandly, referring to the town in western Shaba that had been hastily abandoned without a fight in late March. Sure enough, it fell the next morning, and he was soon off in his leopard-skin-carpeted helicopter to inspect it. He found Mutshatsha deserted of civilians but little damaged. Producing some Soviet-made weapons abandoned by the rebels, Mobutu declared: "What you have seen proves that the Russians are the real enemy...
...generally smaller than Caucasians (and, incidentally, better gymnasts for it); certain diseases have been shown to be genetically linked to particular groups and races-Tay-Sachs disease among Jews and sickle-cell anemia among blacks. The shapes of eyes and noses vary as widely among the races as do skin colors...
...acclimating the public into this easy acceptance of the sensational. Ten years ago, Iggy and his Ann Arbor band, the Stooges, launched their careers and the genre of punk rock with a blend of nihilism and unheard-of histrionics. Iggy vomited on stage, stabbed himself with pencils, burned his skin with hot wax, flung himself onto broken glass and even leaped off the stage to harass the audience physically. Like a modern Dadaist, Iggy's style was confrontation, and his musical and theatrical lead inspired many later rockers. The mania for the stage spectaculars of Alice Cooper and others...
...when they tried-in vain-to buy back their dog. To discourage ransom demands, animal-welfare officials in San Francisco have stopped giving the phone numbers of pet losers to callers who report finding animals. Instead, the ASPCA relays the information. Tattooed registration numbers on a dog's skin discourage thieves, but the marking should never be put on the dog's ear. Reason: dognapers might cut off the ear and mail it to the owner as proof they have poor Fido...