Word: lima
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...turmoil in New Bedford began in mid-July, after the arrest of a black man in the West End on a minor traffic violation. The conflict escalated two days later with the killing of one black youth, 17-year-old Lester Lima, and the wounding of three others by a band of whites who shot at them from a moving...
...killing of Lima, who was a Cape Verdean, contributed to a growing sense of solidarity between Portugese and American blacks. During the recent disturbances, many in the streets have been Cape Verdeans...
...Britons are so worried about rabies that they have barred all dogs and cats from entering the country. The isolation period for the pets now in quarantine under old laws has been extended from six months to a year. Rabies is an even worse worry in Lima, Peru, which has as many dogs as it has people. Americans may soon face another problem. A new boom in "attack dogs" is creating protectors trained (for as much as $4,000) to maim or kill marauders, but there are already cases of robbers using their own dogs to subdue victims...
...Peru. They were still smarting from Rumania's tart observation that, in the wake of floods in their Communist country, the U.S. had contributed more help than fraternal Russia. Three days after Mrs. Nixon left Peru, giant Antonov An-22 cargo ships began winging from Moscow to Lima, carrying 100 prefab houses, road-building machines, 200 beds and helicopters to be used in remote areas. On her return flight, Mrs. Nixon had hinted at this anticipated effort: "We're going to have competition in this. That's good -I welcome that kind of competition...
...week later she was on her way. Arriving in Lima, Mrs. Nixon was greeted by Mrs. Consuelo Velasco and 6,000 people. The following morning, sitting beside the co-pilot in a chrome and plastic chair without a seat belt, she headed for the mountains in a C-130 transport plane. "It was the first time I'd ever taken off in a kitchen chair," she laughed. The nine tons of donated supplies included blankets, roofing, tools and even a custom-tailored dinner jacket. Some of these she saw already piled along the dirt airstrip when she landed...