Word: ecuadorian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Latin America's women have some distance yet to go to emancipation. Ecuadorian and Colombian law still prevent a married woman-separated or not-from leaving the country without her husband's written permission. But such old-fashioned notions are dying fast, and Latin American women are determined to lay down a few rules of their own. "We know," says Colombia's Señora de Uribe, "that we have something else to offer than men-namely, the human element, more compassion. And with this, we will conquer society which for years has kept us submissive...
...clay-oven-baked bread (45?) served on the lawn by a turbaned chef. International Plaza, a noisy cluster of small shops and food stands, offers a culinary Cook's Tour that takes only a few steps. Colombian tacos (75?) can be washed down with Philippine beer (70?), Ecuadorian banana dogs (50?) with Brazilian coffee (15?), Tunisian nougatine (45?) with Indian tea (free), North African bricka (65?) with Norwegian loganberry punch (40?). Although the Vatican has yet to provide a snack bar serving fish on Fridays, the American-Israel pavilion caters to Jewish dietary laws with kosher frankfurters and kosher...
...places to eat rapidly without surrendering to the hamburger and hot-dog stands, most notably in the International Plaza, a busy jumble of closely packed shops and food counters. The corner-lot boomtime atmosphere is a pleasant change from the more ordered pace of the rest of the fair. Ecuadorian banana dogs cost 50?, Norwegian loganberry punch 25?, and a 99? Belgian waffle covered with fresh whipped cream and fresh strawberries can be a meal in itself. Peptic athletes can eat Egg Foo Yumburgers, Fishwiches, and frankfurters packed in cornmeal, and wet it all down with Philippine beer. The Luxembourg...
...Ecuadorian Indians faced up to the problem in the days before Columbus; so did U.S. dentists around the time of the Revolution: if someone had a hole in his jawbone where a tooth had just been extracted, why not fill it with any fresh, healthy-looking tooth that happened to be available? The answer seemed especially logical since many of these transplants apparently worked...
...Last week Ecuadorian Sailor Julio Luna, whose grenade-smashed right hand had been replaced by a transplant from a recently dead donor (TIME, March 6), was flown to Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. There doctors concluded, "The natural rejection mechanism of the patient had progressed to the point that prolongation of the transplant would jeopardize the health of the patient's whole arm," reluctantly amputated Luna's new hand...