Word: broking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...woman-Fanny's belly dancer-set up in the Poets' Corner in Central Park. "A wealthy Turk" (who hasn't been seen since) informed the press that he wanted to buy the belly dancer from Merrick for $2,000,000 and take her back to Istanbul. TV and radio broke out with a rash of spot commercials selling Fanny, Fanny, Fanny. Logan himself directed scenes from the play that were presented on The Ed Sullivan Show. And for the first time in history, the Times and Trib carried full-page theater ads -for Fanny...
Cyprus has been in a state of crisis since December 1963, when fighting broke out between the ethnic Greek and Turkish population over Greek Cypriot efforts to obtain greater political control through constitutional revision. U.N. forces have been in Cyprus since March...
...contemporary style on the triangle across from Mem Hall, but was told by the University that it would clash with the older building. The department built it in Georgian style instead--and then the University went ahead and built Burr Hall, to the firemen's chagrin. When the fire broke out, the story goes, they watched the tower burning from across the street and told inquirers that they didn't have enough water pressure to reach the blaze...
Sparked by Oscar Robertson's 25 points and Jerry Lucas' 21, the Royals broke out to a 24-13 lead in a rough first quarter as the Celtics were shooting cold. Only Bill Russell's blocking of Cincinnati shots kept the Royals from leading by 25. Boston's effective outside weave cut the Royals' lead to seven at the end of the first quarter...
...heads of her nine children. Finally discharged from the consular service for "inattention to duty," he lived on with the Belgian widow, under sentence of death from cancer of the throat. In 1902, he died at 65 in the best Western tradition, with his boots on and almost broke: leaving an estate of $1,800 and a story in progress on his table...