Word: tah
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Shoshone-Bannock Indians in Blackfoot, Ida. conferred tribal citizenship upon Quot-jasonah-ah ("Buffalo Horns" -better known as Clarence A. B^ottolf-sen) and Pah-zy-tse-ze-yak Kap-je-tah ("Heap Big Potato Chief"-better known as Lewis O. Barrows), the Governors of Idaho and Maine...
Died. John Stink (Ho-tah-moie), circa 75, famed Osage Indian recluse; in Pawhuska, Okla. One of the many legends about him: Down with smallpox about 50 years ago, he went into a coma, was thought dead, put out for the vultures. When he revived, his tribesmen treated him as a ghost, ostracized...
...Professor Lloyd James, linguistic adviser to British Broadcasting Corp., recommended that the BBC's radio talkers copy the diction of Franklin D. Roosevelt. "It is disturbing," snorted Professor James, "when a man stands with his back to the 'fah,' and announces that he got some 'tah' on the 'tahs...
When his behavior has unfavorable reactions, he goes back to the seeress, who creates a new past for him as Ram-Tah, Egyptian king. Possession of his ancestor's shriveled mummy further restores Bean's confidence. Marriage to Mary and the sale of an airplane patent, following the destruction of the mummy, then convince Bean that his deeds are his own instead of Ram-Tah...
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