Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ritual than that of Louis XIV, the Sun King. Each week, after the nobles have abased themselves before him, the Moro Naba heads for a splendidly caparisoned stallion. But just as he is about to mount, his Chief of Eunuchs confronts him and begs him not to ride away. With the same angry gesture he uses every Friday, the Moro Naba protests, but finally yields, saying "I shall not depart...
Heedless of acres of bikini-clad flesh, Riviera tourists paid boatmen $10 a head to ride from Monte Carlo to nearby Cap-d'Ail. The lure: a possible chance of spying vacationing Sir Winston Churchill propped up on the shore in shorts, wide-brimmed straw hat, open-necked shirt and cigar...
...Most notable of such ancient bargains: the 5-mile ferry ride between Manhattan and Staten Island, still...
...week's end panicky Red Boss Namboodiripad began backing down. His government announced its willingness to withdraw all cases against student agitators, and would let them ride free on the ferryboats pending a "judicial" inquiry into the fare rise. But students and workers were still up in arms against their Communist government...
...interlocking multitiered roadways, the sheer number of cars on the roads caused the greatest awe. Visitors stood openmouthed in front of a photo that showed cars parked on a rooftop, bewildered about how they got there. Some also wondered whether Americans had thought of any practical alternative to riding elevators up in skyscrapers, because the ride must surely make a lot of people...