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Word: amorita (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...help his father manage the family millions (real estate, oil, natural gas), sailing only occasionally and then just for fun. When he finally did return to competition in 1949, Bus did it with a broadside: he skippered a 33-ft. International One-Design sloop to victory in the Amorita Cup in Bermuda, then sailed a 6-meter to victory in the British-American Cup at the Isle of Wight. As the song goes, it was a very good year: at a Manhattan cocktail party that September, he met Patricia Ryan, a pretty, dark-haired public relations assistant. "Neither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yachting: The Intrepid Gentleman | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

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