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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...named José Moncada rose to the top. He found Tacho's bilingual blarney useful. When Henry Stimson came down to arrange the deal that made Moncada President in 1928, Tacho acted as interpreter. By then Tacho was on the upgrade. "I was lucky," he says. From the start, he knew how to make the most of this luck...
Though a bit shocked at the casual way Tacho switched Presidents, the U.S. State Department recognized the regime (TIME, May 17). Thus Somoza was in a position to buy U.S. warplanes and to start closing the lead gained by Guatemala's air force during his stay in the doghouse. He was also busily spreading the word that the Guatemalans, the Caribbean Legion and everybody else conspiring against him were Communists...
...start of World War II, Blackett became a key man in Britain's scientific war effort. He developed bombsights for the R.A.F. and antiaircraft techniques for the Battle of Britain, became one of Britain's chief contributors to the development of the atomic bomb...
...horn, a Mexican was first to try the tricky H-course. His horse seemed to glide over the first barrier (gate & towers), then the hedge and the cannon (a wooden cannon, 3 ft. 9 in. high). The rider was completely relaxed. The French got off to a humiliating start-their first horse refused to take the first jump-and looked tense and hesitant in the saddle. The Canadians made no bones about the fact that they were trying to copy the fluid riding style of the Mexicans. By week's end, the Mexicans had won eight of ten military...
...riders, he selects four to train for competition. Says he: "I tell my men what to do once. If they disobey me twice I tell them, 'You are very good friend but you are no good-go somewhere else.' " His men get up at 6 a.m. to start the day in the saddle; they also study the anatomy of the horse, the foreign riding styles (especially Italian, French and German), keep fit with fencing, basketball and swimming. But no matter how hard they try, the pupils never excel the teacher...