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Word: tawes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drama on the island of Corfu. Tolo is on the set of The Greek Tycoon, the saga of a shipping magnate (Anthony Quinn) who chucks his mezzo-soprano mistress (Tolo) in order to marry the widow of an assassinated U.S. President (Jacqueline Bisset). All fantasy, of course. Tolo (pronounced Taw-lo) described her part as that of "a famous opera singer, a tempestuous, explosive character" who is "not Maria Callas." If there is any resemblance, it is not audible: Tolo cannot warble a note...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 18, 1977 | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

Fresh Air. The aborigines, who called themselves Tasaday (pronounced Taw-sawdai), did well to tremble. The most primitive human beings so far discovered on this guilty planet had turned to face the 20th century. There was culture shock on both sides. The Tasaday discovered evil; the rest of us discovered good in a form so pure it seemed almost incredible to a civilization that had long since abandoned Rousseau's conception of the Noble Savage. Biblically reminded that "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked," assured by anthropologists that Homo sapiens is descended from a killer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Primitive Art | 6/30/1975 | See Source »

...Soviet Union, the American bombing escalation was termed heartless and brutal. In a statement issued by the official news agency Taw, the Soviet said. "The action can only complicate the situation, prolong the blood shed and make is more difficult to reach as agreement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S. Continues Heavy Bombing | 12/20/1972 | See Source »

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