Word: 125th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Milk Punch & Dubonnet. Oscar's father was Jewish, his mother Episcopalian, the faith in which he was reared. He lived in Manhattan's 125th Street, then a fairly well-to-do residential section. For a few years he lived with his maternal grandfather, a white-haired Scotsman named James Nimmo. Oscar fondly remembers rising with Grandfather Nimmo early every day and sharing the old man's milk punch, which was spiked with Scotch. Evenings there was stout for both. At 52, Oscar's digestion is perfect, his appetite enormous and he drinks little...
...last day in Rio was topped off by reviewing a three-hour military parade celebrating Brazil's 125th anniversary of independence (see LATIN AMERICA). Then he boarded the Missouri for a long, leisurely voyage home...
...great week for the Brazilians. With pomp & circumstance the Rio Conference drew to a triumphant close. To visiting President Harry Truman (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), a million cariocas gave a mighty civic reception. And at week's end, proud in the presence of distinguished guests, Brazil observed the 125th anniversary of national independence...
...joint session of the Brazilian Congress, and get set for a round of official festivities unmatched in Brazilian history (see LATIN AMERICA). At the request of Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra, he would extend his stay from five to seven days, to help celebrate Brazil's 125th Independence Day. The big fiesta would be a pleasure for Harry Truman, who always has a wonderful time and does a wonderful good-will job on trips abroad...
Central Americans observed the 125th anniversary of independence from Spain by talking about union with each other. They had once-for a brief moment in history-been united before. For 16 years after the fall of the Spanish Captaincy-General, they had lived turbulently together as the United Provinces of Central America. They had broken apart, but the memory still lived...