Word: rodes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bermúdez' extraordinary action went back to one day last December, when, hot-tempered Union Boss Jorge Ortega tossed one of his lightning strikes at the new Alemán Government. Unlike its predecessors, the Alemán Government struck right back. Soldiers rode gas trucks, broke the strike. A more compliant leader took Ortega's place. But Pemex was still cluttered with an accumulation of political hacks dating far back to other administrations. Antonio Bermúdez, working 12 to 14 hours daily, laid careful plans. Last week, with President Alemán's support...
Gear for the Rana. The Rana of Koti, however, rode in a sedan chair, as befitted the ruler of the Indian state in which the grove of Sipi is situated. To make the rural expedition bearable for the Rana and his guests, the princes from neighboring hill states, an enormous amount of paraphernalia had been carried over mountains by mule and coolie. This included three sofas, a dozen overstuffed chairs, 100 straight chairs, tents, doormats, 50 small tables complete with luncheon service, and two Victorian hatracks...
Owner John ("Lucky") Dewar, the whiskey magnate, watched through high-powered binoculars as Richards rode Tudor Minstrel three miles over the downs. London bookies, assuming that Richards will ride him (though he cagily hasn't said so yet), backed Tudor Minstrel's Derby odds down almost to even money. Wonder Horse Tudor Minstrel, a three-year-old, has never been beaten in the six times he has raced, and Richards has ridden him every time...
...academic lecture, Author offers a lively, unrehearsed half-hour. In the Schenectady days, authors & critics often rode up as chatty chums, returned to Manhattan in sullen silence. Fannie Hurst once advised the critics of her Lonely Parade to "go crawl back into the wall, where you came from." Whit Burnett left garrulous Ilka Chase speechless when he told her that her In Bed We Cry was "written from the groin." Rockwell Kent and James T. Farrell began a celebrated feud on the show. Dorothy Thompson ripped into Author Henry Morgenthau Jr. (Germany Is Our Problem) with such vigor...
...Show. Unlike most political bosses, he gave nothing in return. Tall, bald and sourfaced, he did not even afford his subjects the dubious pleasure of watching him make public appearances. He made almost no speeches (his grammar was too bad), took no interest in parades, and rode around in a bulletproof Cadillac with windows so small that he could sit back without being seen. He didn't even splurge on a mansion. A bachelor, he lived in a frame house across the street from an automobile scrapyard. He never went off to Florida, Saratoga, or Europe, was never photographed...