Word: almond
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tehuanas are predominantly Zapotec Indians, a noble race with high-bridged noses, full lips and almond eyes. But among them, in many an eye of Tipperary blue, can be seen the heritage of an Irish volunteer detachment that fought there a century ago.The Tehuanas show off their beauty with a graceful carriage, gained by balancing burdens on their heads. They dress up in expensive, full-skirted costumes, often rich purple or Turkey red; at fiestas they wear necklaces made from old U.S. five-to 50-dollar gold pieces. Easy-laughing, they are honest, independent and, as the bulging-eyed gringo...
...halt a Chinese offensive, Van Fleet replied: Yes, but only because "the Chinese cannot maintain an offensive for more than a few weeks. They do not know how." Van Fleet got strong supporting fire from the subcommittee's only other witness of the week: Lieut. General Edward M. Almond (ret.), commander of the X Corps under MacArthur, then Ridgway, then Van Fleet. Almond called the testimony of his ex-boss "sound and complete," said that delays caused by ammunition shortages had "interfered with aggressive operations calculated to defeat the enemy...
Counterattack Readied. After listening to Van Fleet and Almond, subcommittee members were surer than ever that some types of ammunition had been in chronically short supply in Korea...
Convalescing from three eye operations performed in Holland, Eire's Prime Minister Eamon de Valera celebrated his 70th birthday in a Utrecht hospital. In addition to letters and presents, the Prime Minister received almond cakes in the shape of a 7 and an 0, and a cake (with green icing) in the shape of an unpartitioned Ireland. Invited to cut the cake, De Valera asked: "Why should it be up to me to partition it?" Of the hospital party he said: "Wasn't it a grand idea...
Living well off its rich 5,000 acres of timber, its 3,000 in grapes and pears, its 8,000 in olive and almond groves, with 5,000 peasants to tend them. Lord Bridport saw and felt the yearning for change that began sweeping through the peasantry of Italy. The Sicilian Parliament began talking of a big land reform program. But while the Parliament only talked, Lord Bridport decided to act for himself...