Word: raines
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Symbol of Victory. The years of the Latin American revolution were at hand. One of the first inklings of the deep and dangerous emotions brewing in Latin America came in 1958, when Vice President Richard Nixon was nearly killed under a rain of saliva, stones and sticks during a visit to Caracas. The U.S. was shocked, frightened, incredulous at such fierce hatred from a supposedly Good Neighbor. A few months later, Fidel Castro and his followers swept out of the hills of Oriente province in Cuba and overthrew the cruel regime of Dictator Fulgencio Batista. No sooner had he taken...
Tennis buffs have dreamed for years of a grass court where the rain never falls and the sun never blinds and the wind never blows. It is more than a dream in Litchfield, Conn., where the Forman School recently unveiled its synthetic solution to the problem-a tennis court surfaced with grass made of vinyl and sheltered by a nylon tent...
...Tony Lema, 29: the $40,500 Bing Crosby National, by three strokes, at Pebble Beach, Calif. Drenching rain and gale-force winds played havoc with scores. Arnold Palmer took a 9 on a par-3 hole. Bob Rosburg 6-putted on one hole, and Bob Harrison scored an even 100 for the last 18. "My sense of humor saved me," said "Champagne Tony," who collected $5,800 and promptly threw a bubble-water party for the press...
...student, no institution is dearer than his library and its friendly circulation desk. On the night before a final exam his love of the place is unbounded, surmounting even smell, wonks, and inscrutable lighting. Last night the love was unrequited because of a few gentle snowflakes. Not rain nor sleet nor snow will stop the United States Mail. The men who staff Lamont are not made of such stern stuff...
...only rain cloud over the Bahamas these days is political, and that may be more imagined than real. Nine out of 33 seats in the island assembly are held by the all-Negro Progressive Liberal Party, whose membership includes one man who campaigned in last year's general election on a promise to distribute the Royal Bank of Canada's money among his supporters. But the P.L.P.'s reins are firmly in the hands of capable Lynden O. Pindling, 33, a London-educated lawyer whose main disagreement with the United Bahamian Party is over taxes. Pindling feels...