Word: ported
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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FREDA HALWE Port Arthur, Texas...
...steaming August day in 1946, thin, dark deputy Castel Demesmin rose in Port-au-Prince's Doric-columned, blue-and-gold-trimmed Chambre des Deputes, drew a deep breath and let fly with a hot blast of pure male chauvinism. The topic under discussion was a modest petition to let Haitian women vote and hold office. "All the miseries of this country," roared Demesmin, "come from the women. They have corrupted the public officers, the Deputies, the Senators. The Haitian woman has brought this country to ruin . . . the women who want the right to vote are so much manure...
...Waiting. Under such bitter onslaughts (presumably approved by President Dumarsais Estime) the petition was beaten. For the next three years, members of the Ligue Feminine d'Action Sociale, which had gotten up the petition, quietly watched for another opening. Early this month they saw their chance and struck. Port-au-Prince was crowded with foreign visitors, including representatives of the United Nations and the Organization of American States. Under the guise of organizing a Women's Congress at Haiti's International Exposition, the Ligue Feminine launched an aggressive full-scale feminist crusade...
...best six oar here in the last 14 years in the opinion of Bolles. Ted Anderson, last season's five, and Jim Slocum, six on his freshman boat, are possible successors to Strong. For Anderson, working at the sixth position has meant switching from rowing on the port side as he did last year to the starboard...
Skinny, bushy-haired James Anderson of Port Arthur, Texas was one of the thousands of U.S. soldiers who spent more time during the war pushing a mop than firing a rifle. He never won any medals, but last week it began to look as though his old G.I. mop had brought him a share of both fame & fortune...