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...conference was intended as a signal to foreign tourists (who annually spend about $100 million in Bermuda, three-quarters of the island's income) that all is well. The sun still shines more than 340 days a year, the hibiscus still bloom, and the Bermudian bobby still stands in his elevated bird cage directing the traffic on Hamilton's Front Street...
...couples marry they are given a two-bedroom asbestos house. The Clunies-Rosses themselves do not observe such strictures, however; the ruler and his English-born wife Daphne have five children and live in a two-story mansion, cared for by five house girls dressed in Malay costumes with hibiscus blooms in their long black hair...
...Intelligence units, promises to keep dissent in reasonably humane control. Flamingo Park, a six-block area near the Miami Beach Convention Hall, has been designated a "free-speech area" for demonstrations. Other protest areas, all bordered by a new $24,000, 6-ft.-high chain-link fence decorated with hibiscus, have been set aside in front of the hall. Youth ombudsmen and housing counselors will be on duty; the Democrats will sponsor a country-and-western music night to siphon off tensions...
...Those old people can't run, and some of them would die." Eventually, Pomerance set aside two grassy areas in front of the convention hall for demonstrations. A believer in "maximum security with minimum visibility," Pomerance arranged for the fences around the demonstration grounds to be decorated with hibiscus bushes...
...year-old, he took the Flash, the Futurity, the Champagne Stakes, the Pimlico-Laurel Futurity and the Garden State, collecting a total of $503,263 in prize money. In his first trial as a three-year-old, following a long winter's rest, he ran away with the Hibiscus Stakes. After missing out in the Everglades, he returned to the winner's circle last week with a coasting four-length victory over ten other Derby eligibles in the Blue Grass Stakes. Says Veteran Jockey Ray Broussard, who has handled Riva Ridge in workouts: "I've been...