Word: pets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sixteenth Century Britons and Spaniards first disputed Belize, and the Guatemalans inherited the dispute. In mid-19th Century, Britain tried to settle it all by promising the Guatemalans a road to their back-country province of Petén in return for recognition. By failing to build the road, Guatemalans claim, the British forfeited their title. Since then the British have lost money on their colony. Apart from a seaport for Petén, all the Guatemalans would win with Belize is prestige...
...happened this way: Léon Blum and his Socialists had rebelled last month against measures like decontrol of consumer goods, the free market for gold and currency. To save his Cabinet, Schuman had made a costly concession. He agreed to a pet Socialist plan: withdrawal of 5,000-franc notes, which supposedly would smoke out illegal currency hoards. As soon as the announcement was made, prices went up drastically...
...part of a combined initiation of candidates and celebration at the demise of the notorious Woop ring, and took the form of a pet show, band concert, parade and snowball fight on the steps of Widener. This last feature was unrehearsed and uncondensed by Chief of Yard Police Alvin Randall, who methodically began to collect Bursar's cards as his contribution...
Bosom Companion. In San Antonio, Jail Matron Mamie Lyons frisked a new arrival, shook a pet tarantula out of her brassiere...
Harry Truman wasted little time picking a successor to James M. Landis, ousted a fortnight ago as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. The President's choice was a surprise: he was neither a deserving Democrat nor a pet candidate of the aviation industry. He was young Major General Laurence S. Kuter, 42, able Air Force strategy planner and administrator...