Word: rodes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Michigan's ex-cowboy Governor Kim Sigler had been grabbing for leather ever since he first rode triumphantly into the state capital 15 months ago. While voters grumbled that he had fallen flat on his campaign promises, his own Republican state legislature bucked off every reform proposal like an unbroken pony with a burr under the saddle. Last week, on the final night of a wild & woolly special session, Kim Sigler dug in the spurs...
...their final session, the delegates to the Inter-American conference rode out of scarred Bogotá to the white-walled home of the first Pan American. A chill Andean drizzle fell as they gathered at the Quinta de Bolivar to sip champagne and then duck by turns into the Liberator's dark dining room to sign their treaties and conventions. As each delegate signed, a band in the patio struck up his national anthem. Halfway through, the electricity faltered, and Uruguay signed by the flickering light of a candelabra...
...London, a weekend that blossomed with flags and bunting reached full flower as George VI and Queen Elizabeth rode in state from Buckingham Palace to St. Paul's and back. The occasion: their silver wedding anniversary. The King and Queen (and Princess Margaret) rode in a gold and crimson coach behind the household cavalry and full-dress Guards, helmeted and plumed, on jet horses. After them came a coach with Elizabeth and Philip. Salutes were fired; cheering crowds jam-packed the sidewalks...
...Meadows near San Francisco, wrinkle-faced Jockey Johnny Longden (TIME, Dec. 8) rode his 3,000th winner on a horse named Bub. Only one other jockey, Britain's Gordon Richards (who booted home his 3,508th winner last week), has won more...
Drums by the Duke. Nevertheless, a good on-the-house time was had by nearly all. The guests roamed over the hotel's 6,500 manicured acres, rode over its 200 miles of bridle paths, played golf on its three courses, lounged in rooms that will cost paying customers from $17 to $65 a day. The windup was a glittering ball in the chandelier-hung ballroom. At its height, the Duke of Windsor, a good amateur hand at the drums, joined Meyer Davis's band and beat the skins (How Are Things in Glocca Morra...