Word: havana
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since his return from exile two years ago ex-President Fulgencio Batista, 49, has been living quietly on an estate outside Havana. Last week Batista, who gave Cuba eleven years of "disciplined democracy" between 1933 and 1944, announced that he would run for President again in 1952. Said the greying ex-Strong Man: This island would be a paradise if it were properly governed...
...hand were many familiar faces, some soon to be seen around the halls of Congress no more. Big, bronzed lame-duck Scott Lucas, after a visit to the White House, went through the motions of majority leader. His gear was all packed. He will be at home in Havana, Ill. after Jan. 3, practicing law. Pennsylvania's Francis J. Myers, the majority whip, was equally relaxed: he will soon be a Philadelphia lawyer again...
...years to a nightclub singer (Vivian Elaine) who longs for "a home with wall paper and bookends." The other guy, Sky Masterson (Robert Alda), will bet on any thing - even that he can persuade a "Save-A-Soul Mission" lassie (Isabel Bigley) to go with him to Havana. While the law is missing out on dice games in sewers and Salvationist missions, love gets Sky firmly into its clutches, and leaves him out to make converts rather than points...
...working capital, and operate it under a 20-year lease. He will turn over 70% of the profits to the Italian owners, keep a tidy 30% for himself. In similar deals, Hilton intends to build hotels in London, Istanbul, Athens, Mexico City and Havana...
Died. Miguel Mariano Gómez, 60, sixth President of Cuba (1936), son of second President José Miguel Gómez (1909-13); after long illness; in Havana...