Word: copse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Path Down. In his early days, Rojas' peacemaking might have worked. After he overthrew Dictator Laureano Gómez in 1953, he was hailed as the savior of Colombia. But one year later Rojas' tragic flaw-the strongman's inability to accept criticism-began to show...
In Los Angeles, Peruvian Songbird Yma Sumac, 35, exercising all the resources of her four-octave voice, starred in a choice bit of opera bouffe in three acts. Featured opposite her: her estranged husband, Moises Vivanco, 38, with a supporting cast of two Inca folk dancers, one confused harp player...
Party in Jeeps. Ever since a tangle with the gendarmes last month in a remote mountain pass, Dadshah had been expecting the gendarmes to come after him. One day last fortnight, spotting a couple of jeeps crossing Tangeorkheh, the bandits opened fire, knowing that Iranian cops move by jeep. Instead...
"The history of the last ten years in Colombia is full of Luis Ignacio Andrade," said the magazine Semana last week. And for all those years, Andrade was a name that sent chills up thousands of Colombian spines. In 1949, the police under his Ministry of Government slaughtered Liberals by...
Armored cars rolled up outside, and their machine gunners opened fire at student snipers on nearby rooftops. One gunner, spotting a suspicious figure in the Regis Hotel, poured 200 rounds toward the room, and thereby killed Tourist Pete Korenda, of Clifton, N.J. Three hours later the firing stopped. At Radio...