Word: havana
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with politicos. He had done the job he had been asked to do, but he realized that as the 1952 presidential campaign drew nearer, pressure would grow to finance the government campaign out of the Treasury, as it was financed more or less in 1948. Said Havana's newspaper Alerta: "Bosch took office to the profound disgust of the politicians, and leaves accompanied by their broad smiles as they wait outside the ministry doors to assault the Treasury he guarded...
When Josephine tells her Strand audiences "I love you," she obviously means it. But she is still surprised at her big success. Twice before, when she interrupted her expatriate career to try out her talents in U.S. musicals, the critics were unkind. After she made a big hit in Havana this winter, she let U.S. showmen persuade her to try again...
...First they set up a giant brothel," goes the cynical Spanish saying, "then they built Havana around...
Most Latin American cities restrict their prostitutes to segregated zones, small and well-policed. But from the sea-swept Malecón to the heights of Vibora, Havana's prostitutes are scattered in a dozen different districts. Counting crib occupants, streetwalkers, bar workers, nightclub pickups and the girls in well-appointed houses, their number has been estimated at around...
...previous years," commented the University Travel Agency, "we sold a lot of airline tickets to Europe, the Middle East, and South America. This year, however, the only out-of-the-country trips that have been planned through here are 12 to Havana...