Word: paso
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mother wept. Her father, a Texas oil engineer who had nerved himself to attend only at the last minute, cheered wildly. Cigarette in trembling hand, Pat accepted congratulations from ex-Bullfighter Alejandro del Hierro, her coach and sponsor since she quit a fine-arts course at El Paso's Texas Western College last year to study the art of bullfighting. Del Hierro had believed in Pat's courage from the test day last September when she was knocked down, trampled and tossed in the air-and then returned unwaveringly to kill the bull...
Excess Profits. In El Paso, Bartender Rafael Ruiz asked cops to look for a man who came into the tavern, asked for a $10 bill in exchange for ten $1 bills, then gave Ruiz back the $10 bill and the ten $1 bills in exchange for a $20 bill...
...Paso, Mrs. Julio Ramírez sobbed over the news of her son Ralph, a corporal: "Oh, how I hope it's true. I've prayed for him all the time. I can't wait until he comes home. Maybe then I'll be able to sleep nights...
...Ferrari covered the 1,933 miles at an average speed of 88.2 m.p.h., 9.8 m.p.h. faster than McGriff's 1950 mark. Runnerup was Alberto Ascari, Italy's champion racer. Seven minutes and 50 seconds behind Ascari, according to the official clocking, was William Sterling of El Paso, in a Chrysler. The top Mexican came in ninth...
...together the football scores for Sunday's paper, El Paso Times Copy Boy Sam Vandiver wondered whether anyone reads the long list of scores. He decided to see. In the middle of the list, he inserted three mythical games...