Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nanak Chand, broke away from Hinduism because of its caste system and its vast pantheon of gods and demigods, and established a monotheistic religion without images or taboos, but with a strong moral code. Sikh men, in order to emphasize their apartness, leave their hair and beards uncut and wear a dagger symbolic of the militancy of their faith. Through better diet and attention to personal cleanliness, the Sikhs in time became markedly taller and sturdier than their neighbors, supplying the Indian army with some of its finest fighting men. Warning Light. At week's end, police arrests...
...deep valleys and rugged mountains of India's North-East Frontier Agency live a tangle of secretive tribes with peculiar habits. The wily Daflas wear jockey caps with feathers; Gallong girls can have multiple husbands; the Tangsas dress in scotch-plaid sarongs. Apa Tani women are adorned with nose plugs and large, looped earrings, while Hill Miri girls wear tight petticoats of woven cane that give them a mincing walk. The Abors love to dance and fight, and the Mishmis, though remarkably handsome, have nevertheless been described by European explorers as being "excessively dirty" as well as "deceitful...
...goalie. A good shotmaker, usually a trained gymnast, can be 6 ft. across the line when he finally shoots, and so long as he is still in the air, the shot is legal. Goalies, in turn, spend so much time flying through space to block shots that some wear sweat suits to ease their landings on the wooden floor. Belly-flopping goalies have been known to slide 10 ft. after making a save...
...beginning Jan. 4. The system, developed by New York's Inflight Motion Pictures, Inc., has an automatic projector in the ceiling and a screen at the front of the cabin for each class. So that passengers who want to read or sleep will not be disturbed, movie watchers wear featherweight ear sets with volume controls...
...fellow townsmen in the building of schools and the forming of dramatic societies. He dies while Henry is still young, and his widow cuts up his green military uniform to make a suit for the boy. From then on, green is the only color the worshipful Henry will wear, and his schoolmates soon tag him with his nickname...