Word: repeat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Back in power, Perón did not repeat the mistake of mass-jailing the liberals; instead he launched straight into a steamroller campaign for the presidency. His opponents were ineffective; Perón controlled the radio, and his police and bullyboys broke up opposition meetings. At Christmas the government decreed that employers must pay all workers a 13th month's wage as a bonus. In the opinion of most observers, this assured Perón's victory. When election day came, the months of government intimidation abruptly ceased; after such an efficiently unfair campaign, there could...
...Intercollegiate Rodeo Association championships. The son of a New Mexico rancher, May helped found N.I.R.A. three years ago, ever since has been the association's "All-Around Cowboy." Last week Cowboy May, who got his riding start atop a mule at the age of two, was out to repeat in the roughest of all collegiate sports...
...With the repeat performance of the original "Rule Britannia" tonight, the Adams House Musical Society will close its concert, its season, and its short but brilliant career. For over a year it has provided music rarely heard, from early madrigals to the one Gilbert and Sullivan opera nobody over hears. It has proved that music seldom heard can be fun to hear and fun to perform. Now it graduates...
...most ambitious and successful musical venture yet: concert versions of opera. He had experimented with concert opera before-Orfeo ed Euridice two years ago (TIME, March 14, 1949) and Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio last season. Abduction was such a hit that he decided to repeat it this season and add two more Mozart operas, Cost Fan Tutte and Idomeneo. To Scherman, all were "particularly suited" for concert versions because "stagewise they are big bores...
Stuffy McInnis, former Athletics first baseman, will be trying to repeat last year's win over the Crusader squad coached by ex-teammate Jack Barry, erstwhile shortstop for the A's. The 1950 victory ended a six year drought of Crimson losses to a series of good Worcester nines. Stuffy's only comment: "They're always strong. But I'd like to beat Barry again...