Word: spined
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Joyously, Asiak complied by combing her hair with a fish spine and rubbing melted blubber all over her face. But the Eskimos still had the visiting anthropologist wrong. When Ernenek showed signs of leaving and Asiak made signs of seduction, the visitor dived for the tunnel. Enraged Hunter Ernenek hauled him back by the seat of his pants. "How dare you so insult a man?" roared Ernenek, and bashed out the anthropologist's brains...
...campaign to know that he would be a strong candidate and they desperately needed one. But the thought of state patronage in the hands of a man who didn't appreciate the delicate and desperate needs of party men sent chills up every right-thinking wardheeler's spine. After weeks of haggling indecision, Cook County Boss Jake Arvey reached a compromise: ex-Diplomat Adlai Stevenson, who wanted to run for the Senate, was persuaded to stand for governor; Douglas, who wanted to be governor, was run for Senator...