Word: chile
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week in Godoy's native Chile, Big Joe boxed him again. This time he hit so hard that it ceased to look like an exhibition. Twice, Godoy's knees turned rubbery and he sank to the floor. He was so groggy by the second round that he accidentally landed a haymaker on the referee, Argentina's onetime wonder, Luis ("Wild Bull of the Pampas") Firpo. Said Joe Louis' business manager contentedly, after picking up another $15,000 for a night's work: "Should we decide to go to Australia and Europe, Joe will wind...
...Communist gains, important for Brazil, were even more important in the context of emerging Communist strength in Latin America. In Chile, the Communists, thanks to their balance of power in Congress, had helped to elect President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla. President Videla rewarded them with three Cabinet posts, two of which clinched their control of Chile's vital nitrate, copper and coal unions, and of agriculture...
...Pacific: Peru, the Aleutians, Japan. Hasty guessers have therefore concluded that a wave of seismic shakes is burrowing molelike, and counterclockwise, around the Pacific. Having passed the Philippines, quivers and brimstone ought to strike the East Indies next, then the New Guinea region, then New Zealand, and back to Chile and Peru...
...Chile's most gracious resort city the season was in full swing. Well-heeled Chileans and vacationists from foreign countries splashed in the green Pacific surf at Vina del Mar, took the summer sun on its white beaches 90 miles west of Santiago. Racing fans crowded the clubhouse and the rail at the Sporting Club to see Bromazo win the annual derby this week...
...Yugoslav descent), has just been hustled across the border by Chilean cops, who suddenly and conveniently discovered that he was wanted by police in Argentina. The other Argentine manager is expected to quit when the season ends in March. Whispered reason: a new administration has come to power in Chile; the country's biggest casino is too profitable a business for anyone but a deserving government supporter...