Word: sandal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...voters, decided the Communists would lose some seats in the Diet but would still be a factor. Every Communist voter was certain to cast a ballot, while some Liberals always miss the election. Actually, 76 percent of the eligible population voted, and all the Communists got was a sandal-print on their backs. Contrast this to the 57 percent showing in the last American election...
...Boyaca and Tolima have danced and sung it with little heed from bogotanos or anybody else. The boyaquenses, a mournful sort, usually sing of the cruel landlord, the icy mountains, the deceived husband. The tolimenses more often compose their songs about their burros, canoes, crops, or sweethearts. Straw-hatted, sandal-shod, machete-lugging mountaineers flirt as they dance to the music. Their girls, swaying and whirling with lifted skirt, respond coquettishly to each advance...