Word: sugars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Leeward Islands (pop. 131,600) grow sugar and sea-island cotton, are dominated by Antigua (pronounced An-tee-ga), tourist capital of the smaller islands...
Britain's Idea. Federation, though supported by most of the islands' politicians, was pushed through by London's Colonial Office. Since the sugar-prosperous 18th century, when the West Indies were Britain's prize possessions, colonialism has gone out of style, and the islands have turned into economic liabilities, many of them now on a steady dole. But because tiny islands could not hope to become individual countries, independence automatically implied federation. The constitution was eleven years in the making. As finally approved last year, it still left the new legislature with two major tasks...
Just before the bout began, the fighters touched gloves. But after their ritual handshake in Chicago's Stadium, not another friendly gesture marred the festivities. Aging (30) Middleweight Champion Carmen Basilio and aged (37) ex-Champion Sugar Ray Robinson were so eager to clobber each other that they both kept swinging after the first round ended. By the time the referee got between them, everybody in the stadium seemed anxious to pitch...
Behind the Eight Ball. Heedless of the confusion, the two fighters worked hard with their fists. Basilio plodded forward, willing to soak up punishment as he pushed close enough to pound Robby around the short ribs. Sugar Ray stabbed and ran. Whenever the Chittenango (N.Y.) onion farmer caught him, Robby covered himself nicely in the clinches. The handsome Harlem hot shot was a reasonable facsimile of the man who was once the fanciest fighter in the prize ring, but he was no longer the swift-punching dancing master who had moved up from the welterweights to terrorize the middleweights...
Sandwiched between the judges' score cards that made Sugar Ray the middleweight champ once more, Referee Sikora's astigmatic observation served one purpose: he started an argument that should pack the house for a return brawl-if either fighter is ever...