Word: boom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Boom ye screwballs Boom ye holy ones...
BING BANG BONG BOOM...
Bing Bang Bong Boom bee bear baboon...
...Boom...
...spotlight, because Venezuela's oil boom has spurred attention-getting public works, Mendoza has been on the rise since he quit high school at 17 ("I was too much in a hurry") to go to work as an office boy. At 28, he owned a thriving construction import business, and his interests were gushing out like Venezuela's oil. He expanded into a 3,000-acre dairy farm, three cement plants (which produce half the national supply), pulp and paper products, insurance, a paint factory, a giant finance company. As he prospered. Mendoza took care...