Word: suburban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MATCH the world awaited. That should be qualified: a quite special world awaited the Riggs-King spectacle, a well settled suburban world. It is true that the sidelines were anything but suburban, packed instead with movie made stars and other with-it celebrities. But tennis has for years been the pet game of these beautiful few. The Efren Zimbalist Jr. Open is by now an old institution. No, the match was made for newer fans. For the country clubbers from Palm Beach to Piping Rock, for all mixed doubles faddists, for the people who have made tennis Big Business...
Powers said the Athletic Department will publicize "Cambridge Day" through Cambridge newspapers, and the other offers through Boston and suburban papers...
...incident clearly shocked Perón. Shortly afterward, he closed the door of his suburban Buenos Aires home and did not emerge for 23 days. Officially he had the flu, but he may have been more anguished than ill. No doubt Perón was agonizing over whether it was really worthwhile at his age to try again. He decided that it was, and pleased his supporters by agreeing to run formally for the presidency in a new election called for Sept...
...returned, but only after the deadline for qualifying as a candidate had passed. If he needed a test of his popularity, the trip provided it. During a 28-day visit to Buenos Aires, Perón attracted huge crowds of cheering supporters to his suburban villa. He also tested his strength by conferring with leaders throughout the Argentine political spectrum. As he headed back to Madrid, he endorsed the candidacy of former Dentist Hector Campora, who described himself as Peron's "obsequious servant." Last March, Campora won the election handily, and the stage...
Outdoor markets are giving way all over the country to supermarkets and suburban shopping centers, and over the years the market men have moved from the old neighborhoods in the North End out to Somerville, and Cambridge. But Haymarket is still an intensely human place, where there is a fierce brotherhood among competitors, and a vendor will still toss a few old cherries at the back of an obnoxious customer...