Word: shrimps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Shrimp & Goose Step. Of all the family trees, none cast longer shadows than those of the two unrelated Arias clans-64 entries in the Panama City telephone book. At the head of one family, old and aristocratic, is Ricardo ("Dickie") Arias, who lost to Chiari in the 1960 election. The second Arias group owes its prominence to the late Harmodio Arias, a poor country boy who built a successful law firm, expanded into cattle, shrimp fishing and publishing (four newspapers), then became President (1932-36). His son Gilberto, twice served as Finance Minister; Son Roberto, was Panama's Ambassador...
...clump of mangroves. A little six-pounder can snap an 8-lb.-test line, and a big one takes all the luck an angler can muster. Recalls Golfer Sam Snead, who set a class record that still stands by catching a 15-pounder in 1953: "I was using live shrimp. I overcast, and had to feed the line back to get it to him. God, did he take it! He took off and ran at least 130 yds. The guide poled the boat over, and I thought I had him. 'No,' said the guide...
...wreck-always on the lookout for enemies, spooking at the shadow of a bird overhead, fleeing in panic from the sound of a beer can being opened. Ever so stealthily, the bonefisherman tiptoes across the flats, taking care not to step on sting rays, his freshly baited hook (live shrimp is tasty) all ready, his eyes peeled for a waving tail, a moving shadow, anything that might suggest bonefish. Once in a while he sees the fish before it sees him. Not often...
...small convoy, and everybody stays put; more than 30, and everybody dismounts except drivers and assistant drivers, who are not counted. In no case may the Russians lower the tail gate of trucks or order the passengers to stand up. Reason: a test showed that even a 5-ft. shrimp could count heads by just looking into the back of a U.S. Army truck with its tail gate raised. Some British lorries have higher tail gates, so the British regularly lower them when the Russians insist...
...restaurant which will serve daily luncheon of exotic foods," the manager said. "We're shooting for Dec. 1 as the date to have this in operation. When we do, we'll serve all the things that no one else in Harvard Square serves--everything from octopus to Shrimp Louis...