Word: cabanas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sedative, Ann Woodward gave her account of what had happened. When the Woodwards, with their two young sons, William III, 11, and Jimmy, 7, arrived at the estate early last week they had discovered evidence of a prowler. A window in the living room had been smashed, and a cabana beside the swimming pool had been broken open. On the day of Mrs. Baker's party the Woodwards decided to arm themselves against future prowlers, and went to the game room to choose their weapons. From Woodward's gun collection Ann selected a shotgun, Bill a pistol (which...
...Invitation Tournament were creaky (39) but top-ranked Gardnar Mulloy, Art Larsen (No. 3) and Billy Talbert (No. 6). As usual, they came to play a little tennis and also just to play. Their daily regimen was elegantly simple: breakfast in bed or on private balconies, sunbathing on the cabana-fringed beach, lunch, a little tennis, more sunbathing, dining & dancing...
...Picked officers took downtown Havana's Cabana fortress. Others seized naval and air centers. From these bases they took control of police stations, communication centers, the labor palace. The rest of the island-there were only two regiments outside Havana-fell soon afterward. The young officers crowded round Batista at his table in Columbia and crowed: "Fulge, we're in!" Prío took refuge at the Mexican embassy. "We are the law," proclaimed Batista, sending tanks and armored cars through the streets of Havana...
...Miami Beach, Racketeer Frank Costello gave a 2½-hour audience to Walter Winchell in a Roney Plaza cabana. Costello thought that big-time gamblers like himself could be driven out of business only by legalizing gambling: abolishing horse races or ball games wouldn't do the trick. "The Weather Bureau says tomorrow will be sunny," explained Costello. "So you're a long-shot guy and you take a price it will rain. Isn't everything in life a gamble...