Word: affair
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...began like the Montagues and the Capulets. He was a Lunda boy who wanted to marry a Baluba girl, but the two tribes were ancient blood foes. Last week, in the Katanga town of Jadotville, their love affair resulted in a savage orgy of killing unlike any ever seen on the streets of Verona...
...worst blow, however, came when G.I.s' mothers back in the U.S. heard about the affair. Fear that the U.S. Army would declare the place off limits forced project officials to ban gambling, except for bingo and slot machines. As for girls, potential hustlers were told to peddle their wares elsewhere, though one Walker Hill official admitted that, "while we do not allow prostitution, we are not going to insist on couples producing a marriage license...
...game should be a wide-open affair with fun for all (the two teams have scored a total of 16 runs in each of their two last meetings). Today's contest will also give the varsity a brief respite from its two pennant races, since Springfield is in neither the Ivy nor the Greater Boston League...
Monday Night at the Movies (NBC, 7:30-9:30 p.m.). Love aboard a luxury liner in An Affair to Remember, starring Gary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Color...
...over, and the papers actually were ready to roll. At the Herald Tribune, the next morning's edition was on its way to the composing room. Atop New Jersey's Palisades, the Daily Mirror had rigged a fireworks display to celebrate the end of the affair. Outside the offices of the silenced dailies, hundreds of workers waited impatiently for the picket lines to part so they could dash inside...