Word: yellows
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Measure of Maturity. Wu Kuo-cheng was born in 1903 in the mountains of Central China, grew up in Peking, where his peasant-born father was director of military training for the Imperial Chinese army. In Peking's yellow-roofed Forbidden City, Dowager Empress Tzu-hsi (also known as the "Venerable Buddha") still occupied the Dragon Throne, and China still lay in the heavy torpor of her past. While Wu was in school, Sun Yat-sen and his followers rudely yanked at the queue of Chinese tradition, dethroned the Manchus and established the Chinese Republic...
Beer in the Belly. After a few minutes, a long-haired Ute ancient named John Powwinnee rose majestically, costumed in dark sunglasses, yellow shirt and dress pants. "We won't be able to decide until after the Bear Dance," he said. The audience shouted approvingly, "Hou! Hou!" Said another old man: "The land is worth more . . ." Then, after a pause, "Of course, I have some beer in my belly." The Indians retired to a grove of cottonwood trees to powwow. It was not until sundown, three days later, that the rest of the tribesmen outvoted...
Thirteenth in population (30,000,000) among the world's nations, but only 42nd in area, Korea is washed on three sides by salt water-the Japan Sea, the Korea Strait, and the Yellow Sea (see map). It can be said to begin with a mountain, the far northern peak of Paektu (White Head), coated with glistening pumice and sheltering in its ancient crater the deep Dragon Prince's Pool...
...White goods (stoves, refrigerators, washing machines) should be painted canary yellow to make them appear white; white cloth should be tinted blue or dipped in hot, black coffee...
...Almost all foods need makeup. To give that rich look to cream, add a pinch of the deep yellow spice turmeric. A rubbed-on mixture of lipstick and wax improves oranges; grapes should be lightly dusted with talcum powder; paint steaks and roasts with undiluted grape juice. Butter, ironically, looks best when fortified with a little of the coloring usually sold with oleomargarine...