Word: lima
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. Rosa Prado, 20, chic, Paris-born amateur flyer and horsewoman, only daughter of Peru's President Manuel Prado y Urgarteche; and Hugo Peter Parks, 24, tall, freckled, British-educated son of Peru's socialite Clubwoman Mercedes Gallagher Parks and U.S. Citizen Henry W. Parks; in Lima, Peru...
...gypsy guitar player, Sabicas started playing a half-size guitar when he was 5. He was christened Augustin Castellón after his father. But a childhood passion for lima beans earned him the nickname Sabicas, which, in the dialect of Pamplona gypsies, means "the little one who likes beans." Famed for his unusual ability to play the guitar with one hand, Sabicas soon became the favorite accompanist of flamenco singers and dancers all over Spain. Nowadays, on evenings when he is not working, easy-going Sabicas-who looks like a Spanish Tom Dewey-is usually to be found...
Since the Navy summarily moved in two years ago, farmers of surrounding Ventura County have cast peevish and curious glances at this furious bustle of activity. They financed and built the original port themselves as an outlet for their lima beans and lemons after a Federal grant had been rescinded on the grounds that no port was needed...
Although answering our tactless and obvious query, "How do you like the United States?" in a gracious manner, he became more exuberant when he mentioned Peru, for it is still quite apparent that Capt. Higueras longs for his home in Miraflores, a small suburb just outside of Lima. The reason? A beautiful wife (this is not hearsay; reference, his pinup pictures of her) and a three and one-half year...
...Antonio Arze, leader of the leftist PIR (Partido de Izquierda Revolucion-ario) had arrived in Lima, Peru, from Mexico. The Bolivian Government pointedly advised him to stay out of Bolivia. This week he turned up in Bolivia...