Word: thithering
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Thirteen centuries ago Mohammed gave a spiritual and material boost to his native Mecca by calling upon his followers to make a pilgrimage thither at least once in their lifetimes. Pious Moslems have been making the Haj ever since, thus gaining the privilege of: 1) being called Haji (pilgrim), 2) wearing green turbans, 3) dyeing their beards red with pounded hennaleaves...
...speed ahead on the All-American economic cartel, the biggest, most urgent "must" on the Administration's schedule. In Washington, the plan was put at the top of the agenda for a Pan-American Conference at Havana, scheduled for June 26. The State Department, acting at "total speed," thither invited the representatives of the 20 Latin American nations. All 20 with total speed promptly accepted (though Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru and Argentina demurred at U. S. haste, asked a postponement until after mid-July...