Word: haven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...town (broken down by ethnic groups), its prides and its problems, its political complexion, the situation in the congressional races, the people who should be mentioned in his speech. Said one staff report as the plane droned over Texas: "San Antonio is a popular winter resort and a haven for many elderly people who have retired there. This, perhaps, explains the Republican vote in presidential years...
...Bobby Morrow finished a puffing third in one 100-meter dash, fourth in another, while University of California Alternate Leamon King has twice tied the pending world's record with 10.1-sec. wins. Said U.S. Track and Field Coach "Dink" Templeton, complaining that some of the boys apparently haven't trained all summer: "Unless they show improvement, there will be some astonishing upsets at Melbourne...
...learned early in life how to handle alcohol and never had any trouble with it. The rules are simple as mud. First, never drink if you have any work to do. Never. Secondly, never drink alone. That's the way to become a drunkard. Thirdly, even if you haven't got any work to do, never drink while the sun is shining. Wait until it's dark...
...school Ike nobly bore the honor of Abilene's South Side through a classic two-hour fistfight against Wesley Merrifield, champion of the more prosperous North Side. The fight ended in a draw. "Ike," gasped Wes, "I can't lick you." "Well, Wes," said Ike grimly, "I haven't licked...
Married. Phil Silvers, 44, comic of stage (Top Banana, 1951-53) and TV (Sergeant Bilko); and Evelyn Patrick, 23, the sugar-coating on The $64,000 Question's commercials; he for the second time, she for the first; in New Haven, Conn...