Word: scrawling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stains the Tuaregs' skins a glossy, metallic blue. The Tuaregs seem to be related to the Phoenicians, write with an ancient alphabet called tifinagh that can be read from right to left, left to right, up or down. But they use it often to compose erotic poetry or scrawl obscenities on lonely desert rocks. Lukewarm Moslems, the Tuaregs twist the usual Islamic custom by insisting that their men go veiled while the women's faces remain bare. It is not a bad idea, since most Tuareg women are handsome-at least before marriage. Obesity is a sign...
...matter what the pact failed to solve, it received an almost universally enthusiastic reception for what it did do. By week's end, ambassadors of about 40 nations had rushed to scrawl their names on copies of the treaty in Moscow, London and Washington. Some governments were so inspired that they had their representatives sign in all three capitals. More than 100 of the world's 117 sovereign nations are expected to sign eventually-even though most of them know perfectly well they may never have a nuclear device to test or call their own. Most notable holdouts...
...late 19th century by Empress Victoria of Germany. "Nothing should avert the eye," she instructed the architect, and nothing does. Surrounded by an extensive park through which an 18-hole golf course now meanders, the castle holds the empress' extensive library and art collection. Guests can scrawl postcards at Emperor Frederick Ill's personal desk. The hotel beds 60 at prices ranging from $16 a day to $45 (for a suite...
...Target is put together somewhat like a child's primer; printed in various type faces (recipes themselves are italicized, POINTS OF SPECIAL URGENCY set in bold capital letters), it affords the reader generous blank spaces where he is encouraged to scrawl his own reactions, such as, "I wish I had my money back...
...scrawl "NOT ENOUGH TIME!" on the bottom of your blue book; channel that aggression onto Confi-Guide form. But do it quickly, and return your constructive criticism of all lower and middle group courses to the cartons we have placed in your dormitory for the purpose...