Word: lateness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...broke into the old Dutch hymn, Let God's Blessings on Him Fall. Then the paneled teakwood doors swung open, and out into the early spring sunshine of Cape Town strode the man they had just elected Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa to succeed the late Johannes Strijdom. White-haired, pink-cheeked Dr. Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (pronounced Fair Voort) looked more like an off-duty Santa Claus than a hard-fisted authoritarian. Yet in his eight years as Minister of Native Affairs, he had proved himself pre-eminent among all the racists crowding the South African...
...Nonsense World. The program is a tough one for any nation to follow, especially in Latin America. But Alessandri's credentials are convincing. A son of Chile's late great "Lion of Tarapacá," three-time President Arturo Alessandri, he grew up in a world of hardheaded business. He took over Chile's paper monopoly, ran it on the no-nonsense theory that what is good for the company is bound to be good for the workers, made both himself and his employees prosperous. Aside from a term as a Santiago Congressman when...
...almost an embarrassment of riches for Canada. Before the find, estimated Alberta natural gas reserves stood at 21 trillion cu. ft., which must now be revised upward. The new well alone could supply all the gas the new Trans-Canada pipeline can pump when it goes into operation late this year...
Born 20 years ago to a furniture dealer outside of Perth, Herbert James Elliott was good enough as a high school champion to run the mile in 4:22. When he broke his foot moving the family piano, Elliott gave up big-time racing, turned to high living, late nights and beer. Not until his father took him to the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne did Herb Elliott develop the spark of desire and discipline necessary for the lonely art of the mile...
...Novgorod, southeast of Leningrad, as one of the great centers of icon making. A Constantinople-trained Greek named Theophanes-called by a contemporary the "very excellent book illuminator and painter"-was the artist who brought the secrets of Byzantium's golden age to the cold north in the late 14th century, sparked Novgorod's greatest period...