Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...compatriots, this is the moment of a lifetime," cried Gamal Abdel Nasser. After more than 2,000 years, Egypt was free of foreign occupiers for the first time since the Persians marched in in 525 B.C. Emotionally, Soldier Nasser kissed the green Egyptian flag, raised it with his own hands atop Port Said's Navy House, last headquarters of the once-mighty British naval base in Suez. The British, naturally reluctant to officiate at their own funeral, had quietly withdrawn their last troops before the evacuation deadline, but Gamal Abdel Nasser was undeterred in his triumph. Cried he: "This...
...Juan's Mayoress de Gautier and about 30,000 Puerto Ricans turned out for a Solemn High Mass on the terrace of Keating Hall. And then the fiesta began. Mayor Wagner opened it by shattering a king-sized earthenware piñata (filled with gifts) with a green-covered baseball bat, and both mayor and cardinal were promptly bowled over in the crush of a crowd to pick up souvenir pieces...
...Bear in mind that women take things personally. "Ask a man the question: 'Where did you buy this steak?' and he'll answer: 'At Green's Market.' Ask his wife the same question, and she'll answer: 'Why? What's wrong with...
Died. Michael Arlen (real name: Di-kran Kouyoumdjian), 60, glossy British novelist (The Green Hat) and short-story writer (These Charming People), wealthy fashion-plate-about-Mayfair in the '20s; of lung cancer; in Manhattan...
...jungle pools. Only stout Victor remains impervious while he tracks down the Mau Mau who murdered his family. Once revenge is taken care of, however, he melts pliantly into Janet's arms. And so-there they can be left as the crimson sun sinks slowly into the green hush of the jungle and we say goodbye to beautiful Kenya...