Word: forthe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...landed near Veracruz A.D. 1519 with horses and 600 men, defeated the Aztecs under Montezuma because the Indians believed the Spaniards to be brothers of a neglected god. Spain ruled for nearly 300 years before Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a parish priest in the village of Dolores, led forth a ragged army of Indians under the banner of Mexico's own Virgin of Guadalupe, sparked an uprising that ended Spanish rule...
...other hand, although a single-rent plan would have "many advantages," the official pointed to arguments against it. First, there is the range in room desirability. Whereas the proposed rent system would help eliminate "social segregation," it might bring forth "complaints of unfairness." If everybody pays the same price, they may feel a right to the same quality of rooms...
...Varsity Club a host of hungry athletes sit down to a regular training-table lunch. They are men whose sports are "in season"--that is, baseball-players in the spring, swimmers in the winter, football-men in the fall (these last get both lunch and dinner), and so forth. Financial support for this rather elaborate eating program comes from the funds appropriated by the Administration to the Athletic Department. The total expenditure may run well over $10,000 a year...
...East German right of control. Even in the 1948 Berlin blockade days, when all Germany was occupied territory of the conquerors, the U.S. never tried that. Actually, since 1955, West German trucks, barges and boxcars have supplied half a million tons a month to West Berlin, plying back and forth under East German controls. Last week, though still not officially recognizing each other, East and West Germany signed three supplemental semiofficial trade agreements, insuring that whatever happens to Allied military convoys, civilian supplies will at least continue to roll into West Berlin...
...Harvard Club of Boston this year, 13 had either played varsity football or captained teams in other sports. The current Harvard freshman team boasts three rugged Oklahomans (two of them National Merit Scholars), amazed the experts by walloping the best Boston College freshman team in years. Yale came forth with a freshman squad exceptionally well-fixed at end, quarterback and fullback, precisely the weak spots on the current varsity...