Word: meet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other life, prowling about the dark streets of Montmartre, he thought of himself as "Bill," a regular caïd (tough guy), who knew his way around the milieu, the circle of hardened characters who run Pigalle. One night at his favorite bar, the Sans-Souci, Bill happened to meet a pretty young prostitute named Dominique. Born in a village near Reims, Dominique had been taken to Paris at 18 by a pimp from Corsica. But after getting into trouble over his other line of business-lewd films-the Corsican had fled Paris. The powers of the milieu...
...receive an honorary degree at Howard University in Washington, D.C. For 2½ hours, as Mboya stood calmly aside, officials examined everything in his luggage. Reason for the bureaucrats' interest: on the flight home, Kenya's most dynamic African leader had stopped off at Tunis to meet with other leaders of the All-African People's Conference, formed last year in Ghana, which brought together for the first time African leaders from every corner of the continent...
...Make drastic decreases in government spending. (Actually, many construction projects have already been stopped for lack of money to meet the payroll...
...land's actual value; Cuban landowners must give up all holdings greater than 3,316 acres; 300,000 landless peasants will get 66 acres each (which multiplies out to more than Cuba's total arable land); the peasants must plant what the government tells them, meet government production goals, and they may not sell the land. "We haven't taken over this government to play games," said Castro testily. "We've come to fix this country...
...classes graduated on the same day. By so doing, all newly commissioned officers (630 Navy, 446 Army, 331 Air Force, 79 Coast Guard) started seniority at the same time. Reason: growing armed forces unification and the need for an equalizer when officers of different services meet in unified jobs...