Word: rode
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Millions of Latin Americans last week saw the President of the U.S., arms flung wide in greeting, flower petals stuck to his pink and sweating scalp, a delighted grin on his face, as he rode down stately boulevards, through exotic cities, among multitudes of strange people. And somehow, whenever he made contact with the people, Dwight Eisenhower's radiant personality touched the Latinos, and the millions cheered. In the warmth of the uproarious welcome for the norteamericano President, old animosities and old suspicions melted perceptibly...
...Cariocas. Stepping nimbly ashore, Ike joined President Kubitschek in an open White House Lincoln (flown from Washington for the occasion). Together the two Presidents rode through a wild, carnival-mood welcome by 750,000 happy cariocas. "Benvindo, Eekee! [Welcome, Ike!]" was heard everywhere. The warm summer air was filled with flower petals and ticker tape (a trick the Brazilians learned from watching U.S. newsreels), and the Ficus trees along Rio Branco Avenue looked like maypoles under their drapery of serpentine and confetti. Music-from God Bless America to Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus, with a strong obbligato of carnival songs...
Wearing a crown of flowers, the British royal family's pretty Princess Alexandra, 23, daughter of the Duchess of Kent and cousin of the Queen, brought a touch of early spring to a wintry landscape as she rode to a luncheon given by the Lord Mayor and the Corporation of the City of London...
...been used to sell products." Questioned as to the "luxury accommodations" enjoyed by him and his team, Billy replied: "We stay where we can get good food and water to keep us fit and well during the campaign, and not all the hotels can be called luxurious. If I rode down the streets in rags on a donkey like Christ, people would say I was doing it for publicity...
...many years since I rode horseback through field and wood or performed modest soldierly duties," wrote Switzerland's famed, 73-year-old Protestant Theologian Karl Barth* recently in the Christian Century. "Climbing uphill no longer tempts me. And even my work pace at the desk has become perceptibly slower. [But] air, water, substantial nourishment and moderate exercise still help me to keep my vigor; and even my faithful pipe still agrees rather well with me." Another sign of youthfulness that Septuagenarian Barth might have added is his continuing ability to change his mind...