Word: ams
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"In granting asylum to ex-President Batista in the quiet and isolated island of Madeira." said Portugal, "the government has been moved solely by its earnest desire to assist the parties more directly concerned to maintain peace in a vital area of the world." At the Lisbon airport, cops threw...
"Call me a come-in fighter, a counterpuncher, an aggressive boxer. Call me anything you want," said Featherweight Champion Davey Moore, 25. "But if you really want to know what I am, I'm a street fighter, man, the best you ever saw."
In chatty, alumni-bulletin fashion, the Establishment Chronicle noted: "We have lost touch with the following old boys: A. Eden, G. Burgess, D. Maclean, O. Mosley," and offered condolences to Number 96453. "Betjeman, J. Our great friend, this poet has aspired to write esoteric verse. Unfortunately his work has now...
Glamorous Grandma Marlene Dietrich winged into Buenos Aires on the second leg of her first Latin American tour. At a cozy press conference (some 300 newshounds, fake journalists and curiosity seekers) Marlene proved as entertaining as ever. Q. How do you maintain your youth? A. Work. Q. What do you...
¶At 25, Luis Aparicio of the Chicago White Sox has become the finest shortstop in the majors, an agile acrobat with a rifle arm, who can make gaudy plays on balls hit from within 20 ft. of third base clear over to second. The son of a Venezuelan shortstop...