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...long suspense was terrific. As Hurricane Ione whirled across the tepid ocean between Puerto Rico and the Carolinas, she was billed as "a very dangerous hurriane" with a bright blue central eye surrounded by dreadful winds...
...first two voyages Columbus discovered Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, etc. Only on his third voyage (1498) did he reach the mainland. Author Arciniegas claims that Amerigo actually reached the continent the year before. From the meager evidence (mainly letters), other scholars doubt this, believe that Amerigo followed Columbus by a year...
Luis Muñoz-Marin, governor of Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LL.D...
...Clean Dirt. Frank Santana, his two younger brothers and his widowed mother came from Puerto Rico; they lived on $158 monthly relief. Often truant from school, he was never truculent, simply baffled. His I.Q. score: a very low 69. He stayed four terms in the same class, but his teachers never considered him a disciplinary problem. A neighbor said that he was considerate: "The woman next door has a baby, and Frank would take the carriage in for her without being asked." He went three nights a week to a nearby Police Athletic League center, designed to keep boys...
...mixed a crew of visitors as ever raced through New England. As 160 runners jostled into the start of the 59th Boston Athletic Association Marathon,† swarthy Latin complexions shaded off into yellow Oriental tints and the pink-white of Scandinavian skins. Bostonians could cheer for Canada, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Japan, Finland, Sweden...