Word: touching
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whom 1,765,000 are Untouchables and, although they may now worship in the State's temples, they will continue to be scorned and ostracized by most caste Hindus, even in Travancore. They will continue to earn meagre livelihoods by performing the "degrading tasks" no caste Hindu will touch, such as cleaning latrines, barbering, cobbling, laundering and Cremating. If an orthodox caste Hindu chances to touch an Untouchable he must cleanse himself by bathing and he is socially ostracized by other caste Hindus until he has been purified by Hindu priests. Their charges for this amount to a pious...
...enjoy a similar jaunt. Permission was granted by the General of the Order in Rome, providing Father Svensson would write a book about his trip, obtain a reputable doctor's assurance that his health was perfect, pay his own way. Father Svensson in good shape save for a touch of rheumatism in one leg, raised money for his trip by lecturing in France, Switzerland, Germany, set out for Japan via the U. S. and Canada...
Lowell House's touch football team will meet the Dudley combination for the championship of the League this afternoon. In a battle principally against the elements, the Bellboys defeated Eliot yesterday on Soldiers Field 12-6, to step into a dual lead with the Commuters...
Edwards attended Graduate School and was active in the Liberal Club two years ago. Since then his work has taken him to all parts of the country and kept him in close touch with student activities and sentiment...
...Douglas does his best, but he can't sustain the pace set by Miss Dunne. Her light yet distinguished touch together with the play's witty writing metamorphose the hackneyed plot into a superb if insignificant, "modern comedy...