Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reason for rejoicing as Argen tina. After free elections, the military junta that had been running the country for more than a year stepped peacefully aside for the inauguration of President Fernando Belaúnde Terry, 50, a vigorous and ambitious architect. Peru's economy, left in good shape by the sound policies of ex-Premier Pedro Beltrán, and well tended by the interim military government, was in blooming health. The sol is one of the solidest currencies in Latin America. Foreign reserves stand at a fat $106 million, old industries like copper mining are expanding...
...their own countries former Seminar members interpret United States actions in light of what they have learned at the International Seminar. Their attitudes are important, for they are in a position to make political decisions that involve the United States, and to shape public opinion within their own nations...
...women of any age who have remained active, said Dr. White. To Mayor Samuel Resnic, who said he had not ridden for 45 years, Dr. White suggested: have a checkup first, then start cycling regularly, building up the time gradually-"and you'll soon be in tiptop shape." The Holyoke wheelers were disappointed in one respect. Dr. White usually opens a bicycle trail by riding around it himself. This time he made the trip by car. The explanation: he had an urgent appointment with a heart patient...
Their staple crop, presumably grown on the river flats after the annual freshet, was lima beans, but they also ate reed shoots, berries and an unidentified tuber. They caught fish with hooks made by tying tender young thorns into a hook shape and letting them harden that way. They had no cotton or wool, but they wove cloth and fish nets of coarse fibers...
...took the helm of South Africa's sprawling Schlesinger Organization in 1949, many observers expected to witness another sad case of like father, unlike son. Patriarch I. W. Schlesinger had built his $84 million real estate and cinema-chain empire on thrift, hustle and an eye for the shape of things to come. At 26, Son John was a Harvard-educated playboy with plenty of hustle in a speedboat race and a keen eye for judging beauty queens. But John Schlesinger, after 14 years of stewardship, has fooled everyone. He has not only preserved his father's empire...