Word: swapped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Getaway. In Hamilton, New Zealand, the Waikato Times ran an ad: ENGAGEMENT RING, 2-STONE, DIAMOND AND PLATINUM, VALUE ?50, SWAP FOR GOOD 2-STROKE MOTORCYCLE...
...Swap of the week: Egypt's ex-Queen Narriman gave permanent custody of little King Fuad II, 2, to his doting father, Egypt's dethroned King Farouk, in exchange for his agreement to divorce...
...press ever since 1930-Year One of the Era of Trujillo, as the country's official documents call it. But he has not lacked for private defenders in the U.S. "He can be a charming fellow," one explained recently. "You can get drunk with him, sing songs, swap gamy jokes. The picture isn't all black. He's done a lot of good for the country." El Benefactor Trujillo kept order and paid his debts, the refrain went on, and above all, he was a friend of the U.S. and U.S. business...
...rioting against the British in the Suez, and it immediately decided that the MEDO scheme was just a clever British trick to perpetuate imperialism. Moreover, disregarding the fact that the Arabs and Israelis were still technically at war, it was proposed that they sit down together at headquarters and swap secrets. The plan was hastily revised to answer objections, but again was spurned by the Arabs...
...teenage, Sylvia can read the faintest marks and signs of caste as ably as a jungle tracker can read a spoor. But Sylvia, secure in the shelter of her father's wing, enjoys sticking her neck out. It is tedious always to be "Russell's daughter"-to swap sophisticated chaff with Daddy and his "high-color" business friends, to go to the Town Hall with "people of good family, olive-complexioned, with Good Hair." So Sylvia frequents the frame house of her Indian girl friend Naomi, where a gang of fascinating outcasts has created a Guiana version...