Word: conrado
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dispute was for control of the powerful, 450,000-member Sugar Workers Federation. To gain a voice in it, the Communists used an old ploy: they headed their slate of candidates with Conrado Becquer, 39, a respected, longtime labor leader. Becquer shot to his feet, denounced the Red list, swept to victory as the Castro candidate for secretary-general by a vote...
...four-week good-will tour of the Caribbean and Central America. Instead of sticking to the usual bland official generalities, Nixon wowed his Cuban audience at Havana's military airport by confiding that he greatly admired the prowess of three eminent Cuban athletes: Washington Senators Pitcher Conrado Marrero, Chicago White Sox Outfielder Orestes Minoso and ex-Welterweight Champion Kid Gavilan...
...ambassador's little diplomatic joke was not lost on Washingtonians. Since the current baseball season opened, the Washington Senators have brought up Conrado Marrero and Sandalio Consuegra from their Havana farm team of the Florida International League. The two pitchers have won nine games, helped raise the Senators to fifth place, three notches above their 1949 cellar position...