Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...another longtime dispute over the jungle territory of Belize broke out between: 1. Guatemala and Great Britain...
...exhaustion. And [for her] it's not necessary." That is why, she says, she is still a "kind of wild pianist." At 18, Amparo arrived in Paris under her own steam, made her debut as a pianist six years later. Finally, just before the Spanish civil war broke out, Jose persuaded her to join...
...beard to the ovation, he hurried, with staccato steps, to the center of a long table. There, Italy's Minister of Education Guido Gonella presented him with two bronze medals, one four centuries old, the other struck especially in his honor. After the minister's speech, cheers broke out anew; and "Il Bibi," clutching his gifts in small, gloved hands, bowed and beamed his thanks...
...lived at I Tatti ever since. When World War II broke out, friends urged him to leave. He refused: "Rather than give up these cypresses and olive trees and this light, I would lay down my life." Ambassador William Phillips then got a promise from Count Ciano that "Berenson would never be disturbed." Finally, however, the onrush of the Nazis forced him out. After the war, two young partisans, sent by the Committee of National Liberation, found him in hiding and escorted him back to his cypresses and olive trees, his several servants, and the remote, unruffled life...
...When some 600 delegates gathered in The Hague's 13th Century Ridderzaal to continue discussions of European Federation, Winston Churchill broke a precedent and surprised Dutch delegates and journalists by: 1. Suggesting that Holland eliminate the tariff on imported beer. 2. Smoking a cigar...