Word: rose
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...different order last week. Officers had led the previous coups, but this time it was soldiers from the 1,600-man army who mutinied against their superiors and decided to take their turn at governing the country. Dissatisfied over low pay and poor living conditions, troops led by sergeants rose first in the town of Darn and then the capital of Freetown. At least twelve people were killed as a contingent of 300 men seized and threw into prison the entire ruling military junta, headed by Brigadier Andrew Juxon-Smith, 36. Then the sergeants went on the radio and announced...
...during her childhood days in Ulm, Germany, Annemarie Huste demonstrated that she was to the skillet born. By the time she was 20, she had served in half a dozen European kitchens, worked her way to New York, and before she knew it, had been taken on by Billy Rose as housekeeper-cook at $250 a week. "She had very little in the way of references," says the agent who sent her, "but she was very pretty and I thought he'd give her a chance. He told me she was a very good cook...
Then two years ago, after Billy Rose's death, the chance to work in one of the most glamorous households in the U.S. came Annemarie's way: cooking for Jacqueline Kennedy. Although it meant cutting her salary in half (and signing an agreement never to write about Jackie), Annemarie did not hesitate. A girl for all seasonings, she could turn out French, German and Italian dishes, and once in a while Chinese. Best of all, she got John Jr. and Caroline to devour their spinach by decorating it with little egg-white faces. Last Christmas, Mrs. Kennedy...
Gray and Janet Rose, chairman of the drafting committee, mounted a horse to lead a parade through the model neighborhood drumming up support for the program. "I'm scared," Mrs. Rose said, but then steadied herself and shouted, "Model Cities is coming...
...fall of '75, Jim Kubacki rose from the ranks of anonymity to lead Harvard to its first undisputed Ivy League football title. In so doing, the junior from Cleveland set Crimson one-game and season total offense records. While Harvard dipped to third place in the standings the next fall, Kubacki still performed admirably enough to conclude his career as Harvard's all-time passing and total offense leader. As a result of these accomplishments, then, it was only fitting that Kubacki was selected to participate in one of the season's numerous post-season bowl games, right...