Word: rios
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most grueling sporting event-the first round-the-world sailing race. Since they tacked out from Portsmouth, England, last September, the competitors have rounded the Cape of Good Hope, crossed the storm-tossed Indian Ocean to Australia, and completed the dreary, dangerous, downhill passage round Cape Horn to reach Rio de Janeiro. This week they will weigh anchor to begin the final leg to Portsmouth, where the winner* will collect no cash-just a modest silver trophy, some medals and the satisfaction of winning the 27,000-mile endurance test sponsored by Whitbread & Company, Ltd., a British brewery...
...does not play favorites. Tabarly, a navy commander, was barely halfway to Capetown when his titanium mainmast collapsed. By radio, Tabarly ordered a new spar. Under jury rig, he headed for Rio, 1,200 miles away, to pick it up. The 82-ft. mast, fabricated in Switzerland, had to be cut in two to fit into a French military jet. Meanwhile Blyth, a former paratroop sergeant, was learning that $350,000 worth of sleek boat does not necessarily go fast when manned by a crew of paratroopers with little sailing experience...
Died. William Fife Knowland, 65, former Republican floor leader in the U.S. Senate; by his own hand (gunshot); near Monte Rio, Calif. Knowland was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1945 by Family Friend Governor Earl Warren after the death of Hiram W. Johnson. As majority floor leader from 1953 to 1955 and minority leader through 1958, Knowland advocated a hard line on Asian Communism and opposed the entry of Red China into the U.N. A stubborn, thunder-voiced politician, he decided to improve his presidential chances by running for the California governorship in 1958. After losing to Pat Brown...
...press at his disposal, Guimaràes was not even given radio or TV time. In the city of Campo Grande, the government-owned electric company cut off the power just when a meeting of Guimaràes' supporters was about to begin. In Niteroi, a city near Rio de Janeiro, perplexed bystanders watched a small band of demonstrators parade through the streets carrying placards calling for an end to censorship and a return to democracy. The marchers were later told that no further demonstrations would be permitted...
That Man From Rio...