Word: sims
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Except for a little weekend patching on the treaty that would set out general principles for economic cooperation, the ninth International Conference of American States was over. The hemispheric system still seemed a long way from Simón Bolivar's dream of 1822-"a society of brother nations . . . united, strong, powerful to resist the aggressions of the foreigner"-but it was headed in that direction...
Turning to the 30-ft. mural behind him depicting Simón Bolívar's inaugural in 1821 as Colombia's President, George Marshall recalled that Lieut. General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. had died leading U.S. troops on Okinawa in World War II. That Buckner, who gave his life, bore "the name of your great Liberator," he said, "certainly indicates something of our common purpose and our common bond...
There, in the ornate Elliptical Salon, Betancourt handed Gallegos two keys. One unlocked the case in which the Constitution is kept; the other fitted a small urn containing the mortal remains of the Great Liberator, Simón Bolivar. Gallegos, deeply moved, pledged a democratic government, promised that all parties would be "allowed an open eye and a loose tongue." Despite all the glitter and gold braid, the ceremony was simple and moving...
...whiskey. Last week, the two concerns were closely connected. In a salón of the National Capitol in Bogotá, Martínez was busily slapping strong blues and rich reds on a 30-ft. expanse of wall (see cut). His mural will depict the inauguration of Liberators Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Paula Santander at Rosário de Cúcuta in 1821. If he finished on time there would be a bonus: two jugs of whiskey...
...Jackson, Tenn., old (73) Locomotive-Fireman Sim T. Webb recalled what Casey Jones really said before he took his "trip into the promised land" in the early morning of April 30, 1900. Casey, highballing south from Durant, Miss, at the throttle of the Illinois Central Railroad's locomotive No. 638, yelled across the cab at Webb: "Oh, Sim! The old girl's got her high-heeled slippers on tonight!" The occasion for this reminiscence: the unveiling of a monument on Casey's grave, for 47 years marked only by a wooden cross...