Word: croix
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surprise, a friend of mine truly believes that starch is the reason her children were born with light skin. And she is not from the North or South, but came here from St. Croix in the Virgin Islands...
...Douglas Campbell, the air ace of the First World War. The September following graduation he began to fly in France, and for a year and a half, in the 94th Aero Squadron's 1st Patrol Pursuit Group, he won an outstanding reputation, as well as the Croix de Guerre and admission to the Legion d'Honneur. After 12 years' retirement in Peru as a sugar planter and producer, Campbell worked in military and civilian aviation. Harvard, he writes in the 50-year Class Report, "is a place where men are expected to do things with their lives...
...Serenity. Though there are 50 islands in all, only three of the U.S. Virgins* are capable of supporting populations: St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John. They total 132 square miles, barely a tenth of the size of Rhode Island; yet 50,000 residents call them home, and half a million tourists each year find them a lotus-eater's land of sun, sea and serenity...
Slob, Humbug & Jealousy. Volcanic in origin, the islands are a myriad of forms and sizes ranging from a barren cay to agricultural St. Croix, which is 26 miles long and up to six miles wide. St. Thomas offers the bustle of Charlotte Amalie, the islands' capital city, as well as ancient forts and quaint Danish architecture. St. Croix, quieter and less populated, boasts a rain forest and an arid, cactus-studded bluff, wildlife (deer, quail), a profusion of tropical fruit from papaya to pineapples, a golf course, and old plantations with such calypso names as "Slob," "Humbug" and "Jealousy...
...modest home can run as high as $75,000. Bad roads are made even more hazardous for tourists by the custom of driving on the left. Water is so scarce that some areas are without for eight hours every night, although a badly needed saltwater conversion plant on St. Croix was dedicated last week, and will alleviate the problem. As residents of an unincorporated territory, the islanders are granted U.S. citizenship, but they cannot vote in American elections...