Word: balboa
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ground begins to rise: a hill. We sprint up it. Suddenly we see a tree and the red-and-white flag that signifies we have reached the checkpoint. We throw ourselves down on the ground giggling with relief. We were dead on target. Suddenly I know how Balboa felt when he first sighted the Pacific Ocean...
...rains have begun. Balboa is a riot of color, of blooming red hibiscus, bougainvillea and lilacs. Overripe mangoes rot on the ground. On a weekday morning, the only, sound on the quiet residential street is that of power lawnmowers. Says the wife of a Panama Canal (Pancanal) executive: "Don't write that our lawns are manicured. It gives the wrong idea. After all, this is just smalltown U.S.A." On another street, Dolores Irwin, wife of a canal pilot and resident of the zone for a decade, points to her clipped lawn and says, "It's for health reasons...
...Americans in the zone are mostly military personnel and their dependents -not real Zonians, as they define themselves. A total of 45 churches serve the population. Local Boy Scouts are active. The zone has Little Leagues, an Elks Club, Masons, Knights of Columbus, two American Legion clubs, ROTC at Balboa and Cristobal High Schools, gun clubs, credit unions, six riding clubs, four beaches, four yacht clubs. If it is not an immense country club, the zone does offer the Americans there an agreeable life. Whatever the merits of Strongman Omar Torrijos Herrera's case for Panamanian control...
Last week, black and white children were exercising in the playground of St. Mary's Mission school on Balboa Road, while parents picked over the shelves of the Pancanal commissary, where eggs sell for 720 a dozen and cigarettes $3.10 a carton. On the entrance, across from the post office and movie theater, a 1776 marching scene and patriotic colors are painted. Only an Indian selling "mola," pretty San Bias Island decorative cloth, suggests that this...
Nobody would, anymore, of course. Nobody, that is, except Rocky Balboa, the "Italian Stallion" Creed chooses who, in his way of innocence, still believes that dreams come true. Rocky is an ordinary guy cloaked in the garb of a hero. With his desire to fight the good fight in spite of the odds, he is an admirably uncompromising man in a compromising world...