Word: swede
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nothing Simple. With escort sirens screaming, Castro raced to the U.N., burst into Secretary Dag Hammarskjold's office and subjected the patient Swede to three-quarters of an hour of hoarse, ululating Spanish. Only the day before, New York cops had eased him back into his limousine when he wanted to stop along the highway from Idlewild Airport to harangue loyal Cubans who had turned out to greet him in the rain. He railed against Manhattan's lack of hospitality; he denounced the Shelburne's demand for a $10,000 bond to pay for possible damage...
Elliott's performance was the equivalent of a 3 152.6 mile. But every bit as remarkable was the fact that across the finish line after Elliott flashed a Frenchman, a Hungarian, a Swede, a Rumanian and the U.S.'s Dyrol Burleson-every one of them under the 1956 Olympic record of 3:41.2 set by Ireland's Ron Delany. who this year took one look at the tough competition and decided...
...coastal highway 70 miles east of Havana. One of Fidel Castro's army patrols, carrying a .50-cal. machine gun, opened fire, riddling the plane with bullets. The plane landed hastily just off the road, and out stepped two Florida pilot-adventurers: William Shergales, 34, and Howard Lewis ("Swede") Rundquist, 33, whose foot was gushing blood. Demanded Shergales: "Take me to Fidel Castro...