Word: armes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...marines in 1934, and Haiti returned to its old ways: nine governments in 20 years, the last headed by François ("Papa Doc") Duvalier, 58, a onetime country physician who took office in 1957, proclaimed himself "President for life," and rules through voodoo mysticism and the strong-arm terror of his 5,000-man Tonton Macoute secret police...
...turns are arm-wrenching-especially if the skier comes into one from the inside of the channel-and the fixed route may seem a bit monotonous to those accustomed to figure-eighting ad lib in the great wet open spaces. But for beginners, there are certain advantages in water skiing desert-style. It is relatively cheap; Maxwell sells three turns around the slightly more than half-mile course for 50?, versus about $15 an hour for a motorboat and driver. There is no speedboat wake to cope with. And after a spill it is only a short wade to shore...
...Fellow in the Flashbulbs. The burdens are subtly troublesome. There is the escort problem. The charming partner, or the attractive bachelor she might like to dance with, is not likely to be the man on her arm as the limousine arrives at the theater, or wherever. The fellow in the flashbulbs has to be an old knight in shining armor, such as Adlai Stevenson or Averell Harriman -someone of national stature, mature dignity and no aura of romance...
...stomach," he installed a French chef in his kitchen and invited Washington's notables. He was a master of the graduated political gift; Presidents occasionally might receive a case of Madeira, while Cabinet members would rate only terrapin, and Congressmen wound up with canvasback duck. Ward never arm-twisted guests or mentioned his interests, but when a bill of his reached the floor, former tablemates would receive a note: "This is my little lamb. Be good." Though he helped others make money, Ward could never hold on to it himself; before turning to lobbying, he had lost his family...
...weenie arm, yoo hoo!" called the Harvard dugout as Dartmouth reliever Ted Friel survived a one-run outburst in the ninth inning yesterday to save a 5-4 victory over the Crimson. But it was Harvard's pitching that told the story...