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...then the missionaries sailed away, leaving Maïr in full possession. Today, only dogs, chickens and ducks are deemed the creations of the Christ child. Everything else is ghosts and spirits-and an impressive ghost gallery it is. Anyang, "the spirit of the dead," walks about moaning "Meh, meh, meh," and will "eat your soul" unless you hum back at him in a gentle singsong. Tall Timakanā, "the leg-bone ghost," has big, swollen knees that beat together when he walks and make a noise like "ti-ye-wo, ti-ye-wo." The aé lives...
...studio empire gathered to learn a new dance that, vaguely resembles a rumba done in quick time by partners with one game leg apiece. The dance was the merengue, long popular in the Dominican Republic and now a lively candidate for popularity on U.S. dance floors. The merengue (pronounced meh-rew-geh) has already caught on at Manhattan's mambo-mad Palladium, and has begun to spread to less hectic New York dance spots. Says Danceman Murray, currently spending two hours a day practicing merengue steps himself: "I am confident that the merengue will soon become more popular...
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...second half of 1937-38; William MeH. Franklin, of Cincinnati, O., Instructor in Government and Tutor in the Division of History, Government and Economics. George S. McManus, of Wellesley, Lecturer on Music...
...Meh upon whom the duty of planning smokers, mass meetings, lectures, and other gatherings devolves are often greatly handicapped by not knowing of something equally important which will conflict with their arrangements. This is not due merely to the lateness of decision, for many important affairs are scheduled weeks ahead; it is due rather to the impossibility of consulting every other man who might possibly intend to hold a meting on the same date. This applies principally to occasions which draw large numbers, but the difficulty is usually great for men who are in charge of small functions, such...