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Word: barred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...international arms dealers who ran guns to Castro. Last week some of these men were coming to the surface: Economist Rufo Lopez Fresquet, a main channel for rebel money; Broker Ignacio Mendoza, who hid hot rebels in his rich Havana home; Julio Duarte, secretary of the Cuban Bar Association and a top rebel organizer; "Comandante Diego," a still-unidentified rebel who bossed Havana saboteurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: THEY BEAT BATISTA | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...derbies tossed away by a giant. Even more bizarre was the scene inside. Over two pools of dark green water hovered a pair of white-clad men, intently fishing into the depths with a long grappling pole. Directed by a loudspeaker, they dipped again and again, snaring silver-colored bars of uranium 235 from the bottom of one pool and guiding them gently into the other. As they did, a gauge of amber-colored numbers shot up and up. Near by, another figure stood ready to halt the proceedings by pushing a button marked SCRAM. Directed the squawk box: "Insert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATOMIC ENERGY: The Powerhouse | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...bar is located in the basement of the Copley Square Hotel, under the Storyville jazz-and-cocktails establishment. "When we saw that the hotel was going to give up Mahogany Hall, we just sat down and figured out that it couldn't possibly be a losing proposition. So we bought control of it," Hancock explained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Students Save Mahogany Hall Bar | 1/8/1959 | See Source »

Putting aside a booklet entitled "Annual Examination in Law" during last night's rehearsal of the new bistro's Dixieland band, Hancock outlined the features of his bar. "We have no cover and no minimum, and our Dixie group is the only one of its kind anywhere around here." His four foot-tapping friends, seated on the sidelines, nodded agreement in time to "The World Is Waiting for The Sunrise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Students Save Mahogany Hall Bar | 1/8/1959 | See Source »

Hancock went on, "Of course people will wonder at my partner and me --how we can be law students and still run a bar. But we work only on Friday and Saturday nights, times most students use for leisure anyway." The club will have its grand opening tomorrow evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Students Save Mahogany Hall Bar | 1/8/1959 | See Source »

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