Word: squatting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...already landed when McCoy's Navy showed up last April, the beach smashers had to learn to become pinpoint artillerists. It was no easy task. The spin-stabilized 5-in. rocket is not nearly so accurate as a naval rifle shell. Moreover, no one knew if the squat, underpowered ships could safely negotiate Viet Nam's tortuous Mekong River Delta-a prime necessity if their rockets' five-mile strike range was to be applied effectively against inland Viet Cong installations. Slowly but steadily, the rocket men overcame the built-in limitations of their ships...
...Hours. The ritual has been going on for 32 years, making squat, swarthy Um Kalthoum, now a matron of 64, the most famous personality in the Arab world, better known than Nasser, especially among desert folk. When she appeared for the first time at Lebanon's Baalbek Festival last month, her followers came by the busload from points as distant as the Persian Gulf. Her two concerts in the 4,000-seat tent theater amid the Roman ruins were sold out months in advance, and scalpers got up to $250 for tickets. While she conducted the 20-piece orchestra...
...known as "Rough Hough" or simply "The Jungle," was a flagrant example of irresponsibility on the part of both Negroes and white officialdom. If ever a slum was predictably ripe for riot, it was Hough. Some 60,000 Negroes are jammed into a two-square-mile warren of squat apartment houses and decaying mansions carved up into flats; the area's crime rate is the highest in the city; flocks of prostitutes hustle passers-by at every chance; and hatred for the city's cops runs deep-the more so because the 2,140-man force has only...
...nation as lush and warm as Indonesia, life goes on. The skies of Java are dotted with bright kites flown by bright-eyed barefoot boys. In Makasar, spotted deer tethered to trees keep the grass cut short beside the boulevards; while, on the waterfront, Buginese sailmakers squat on the docks sewing large squares of canvas together. The spicy aroma of cooking fires drifts lazily in the twilight haze on the Musi River in Palembang, and the evening sun casts a warm orange glow on the great white mosque of Banda Atjeh. In Padang, the bustling bazaars are piled high with...
...Panther-that name may change before the car's introduction in September-is Chevrolet's belated answer to Mustang. It has much the same long hood, set-back passenger compartment and squat trunk of the Mustang, will have about the same average price...