Word: tampering
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Twice a month, the tribes living in the foothills of the Amne Machin range of western China sing an ode to the mighty peaks above. They sing that Amne Machin is a sacred mountain, holding untold stores of gold. Travelers who tamper with its treasures or its mysteries (says the ode) will provoke divine wrath expressing itself in hailstorms and other calamities...
...issue of the day with a tactful: "The speaker touched upon one of the major convention topics-the Taft-Hartley Bill." However, such reticence pleases not only the management but also the union. It likes the coverage of union doings but does not want the paper to "tamper with union affairs...
...inside the difference was immediately noticeable. Admonitory signs were everywhere. "Have you locked your safe?" Guards checked each visitor's name against a calling list, escorted him to & from his appointment, meticulously examined each employee's special tamper-proof pass. There were no exceptions...
...completed action of major appropriation bills, did not yet know how much revenue it would need; tax cuts now might exert new inflationary pressures; future foreign commitments would probably knock all budget plans into a cocked hat. But tax reduction was a political inflammable, and dangerous to tamper with. Truman's veto of the tax bill might singe his political fingers. Asked Manhattan's Daily News: "Will Truman shoot Santa Claus...
...conventional beauty, but her face is founded on beautifully modeled, well-spaced bones. It will be a pity if Hollywood's make-up experts are tempted to tamper with her thick, dark eyebrows and wide, expressive mouth. Her legs are all right as they...