Word: droppings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stock market took its hardest fall since President Eisenhower's heart attack in 1955, and the biggest drop...
...conference came to an unlamented stop after 65 days, Gromyko did begrudgingly drop his insistence on a full list of agreements and disagreements, settled for a routine (the talks had been "frank and comprehensive"), face-saving ("The position of both sides on certain points became closer") communique of a spare 149 words. As their final assignment, the foreign ministers had the tricky job of getting out of .the boat without rocking it. At one point, they got stuck over the problem of whether the West and East Germans at Geneva should be described as "advisers who participated," as the West...
Wine at the Bottom. As the word got around, Chileans themselves started up to Portillo for a crack at its runs, such as the famed Juncal-down a 40° drop, to an iced-over stream and a snow bridge. At the lower stretches, where Chilean ski troopers were training, skiers could count on a swig of fine sparkling wine at the army post...
...massive-shouldered Negro looked like just another pug until he stung his man with a left to the belly in the third round. Then Sonny Liston came alive. A left hook to the head made big Nino Valdes drop his gloves; a right cross dumped him on the floor, his eyes glazed. It was Liston's 18th victory in a row, and his 25th in 26 pro fights...
Pointing the Finger. Texas has long since dropped separate schools for Mexican-American students. But this is no full solution. When Tijerina tackled the problem two years ago, he discovered that as many as 200,000 Texas five-year-olds still could not speak English. The inevitable result: the children enter first grade normally at six, make no headway in school, and eventually drop out. Tijerina found that in five Texas counties alone, where the population is 90% Mexican-American, the state spent $3,000,000 a year to support dependent children...