Word: unveiled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...among a French Saharan population of 840,000), the Mozabites occupy a crucial area, so rich is it in oil. The descendants of a persecuted splinter group of Moslems that took refuge in their present inaccessible home back in the Middle Ages, they do not allow their wives to unveil even for the dentist. But they have been shrewd in jumping aboard the oil bandwagon, and French officials estimate that there are already at least a score of franc billionaires among the Mozabites. "France never has and never will tamper with your faith and customs," Soustelle told the bearded oldsters...
...insidious despair. They feared a crack-up were his troubles perpetually suppressed. And possibly they perceived in his calm something more than merely "taking things in stride"--saw the serious threat he posed to the whole community. In any event, they sought his confidence, and encouraged their friend to unveil by confessing with their own qualms. And this was the beginning of the end for old Falstaff...
...rate, this afternoon should unveil a fast-breaking, sharp passing Brown and White eleven sparked by hopes of revenging two earlier massacres...
...keep America arockin' while fidgety Song Mumbler Elvis Presley croons his stuff to Army buddies instead of live mikes, sharp-eared execs at Louisville's tiny Legacy Records, Inc. were set to unveil the aging tree from which the young block was chipped: Elvis' spry grandpappy. Jesse Presley, 62. Jesse, now a Pepsi-Cola crate repairman, has already turned his crackly tenor loose on four soon-to-be-released sides of old cotton-pickin' tunes (sample: Swingin' in the Orchard). A critical admirer of the family's most agile sprout ("He is a good...
...comes from the razzle-dazzle sales tactics of its President Rojtman, 40. Rojtman, who merged his American Tractor Corp. with Case in January 1957, demonstrated his sales flair last fall with a $1,000,000 circus. He airlifted nearly 4,000 farmers and dealers to Phoenix, Ariz, to unveil the "1960 Case-O-Matic Line," lashed his tractors stern to stern with competitors' models to show how they could outpull them. All told, Rojtman wrote up $164 million in orders, signed up 300 new dealers...