Word: sugars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Back in December 1956, when Batista was firmly ensconced as President of Cuba, and mainly occupied with doing what he could to bolster the sagging sugar trade, Dr. Fidel Castro and a group of his followers made the first landing on the coast of Cape Cruz. The august London Times, which is generally amused by furtive rebellions in South America, took advantage of the occasion to chuckle mildly at the insurgent invasion, and in its dryest patriarchal manner advised the rebels to put down their guns and go home...
...dictator funking out to save his health and-especially-his chips. The 1956 invasion of just 81 men under Rebel Chieftain Fidel Castro. 32, had grown to take over an island of 6,500,000 with a yearly national income of more than $2 billion from sugar, cattle, tobacco, minerals, tourists...
...clearing, and there 18 Xetás were huddled in five shelters. The Xetás looked ferocious, with contorted mouths and tusks sticking out of their chins. Actually they were scared to death. Two of the fierce-looking men bolted into the jungle. The rest accepted gifts of sugar with trembling hands. But overnight, they vanished...
...Sugar Bowl (NBC, 1:45-4:45 p.m.). Clemson v. L.S.U., in New Orleans...
Tournament of Roses Parade (NBC and ABC, 11:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m.). A behind-the-scenes look at preparations for the big parade, and then the march to the Pasadena Rose Bowl itself. NBC will also take a pregame peek at preparations "for the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans...