Word: tains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hunting for quail in South Carolina, Elder Statesman Bernard M. Baruch sprained his left leg when the stirrup broke as he dismounted from his horse. He flew north to see his Manhattan doctor, then snorted at inquiring reporters: "No, 'tain't broken, just swollen...
Generalissimo Francisco Franco had a suggestion: France should let its one-time ambassador to Spain, Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain, now under a life sentence for treason, come to live in Spain and enjoy "the hospitality of our wonderful Mediterranean climate, where, until passions die down, he could spend the last years of his life, loved and respected." In Paris, a few World War I veterans, celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, remembered their old hero, set up a chant of "Set Pétain free" before police could silence them...