Word: smile
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Moise himself showed up in Nairobi, flashing his quarter-moon smile as he stepped out of his Air Congo DC-6, and immediately went on the attack. He demanded that the O.A.U. censure Egypt, Algeria and the Sudan for supplying arms to the rebels, and the Brazzaville Congo for sending armed bands of invaders into the Congo to aid the rebel cause. Finally, he challenged the rebels themselves to lay down their arms and take their case to the people in the Congo's six-week election period that starts next week. "Let them contest the elections," said Tshombe...
Miss Moloney saved the bank nearly $5900 by shoving most of the money to the back of her drawer as she handed a tray with $2700 to the bandit. She later told reporters "If I'd had something handy, I'd have smashed the smile off his face...
Three days ago, Bill McCurdy had a smile on his face. His runners had obliterated all opposition in the Heptagonals and looked as though they just might sneak away with Harvard's first IC4A championship since...
Despite such success, Moreau can still go unnoticed in a crowd: her forlorn, equivocal beauty is not to be seen at a glance. At 37, she looks younger than she did at 30, but at 30 she was older than winter. Her lips point down in an inverted smile, her teeth end in saws like a child's, the color of her hair is indistinctly reddish-blondish-brown. Her eyes can be hopeful and occasionally serene, but they kindle smaller fires in the imagination than do the dark circles under them. There is desperation in her mouth, especially when...
Jaime Siguake is 33 years old. His face looks much older at the rare moments when it is not covered with a friendly smile. Born near Beira in central Mozambique, he, like most Africans, had to leave school after his primary education. Determined to finish, he left Mozambique and went to South Africa's Transkei, where he entered a secondary school. But he soon had to go to work in order to support himself...