Word: vincent
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...Tommy" of that popular calypso song is Barbados Prime Minister Tom Adams, 53, whose 1979 decision to dispatch friendly troops to the nearby island-nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines moved one local songwriter to tuneful protest. Adams' aid to his neighbor enabled St. Vincent to send its own security force to suppress an uprising on outlying Union Island. Now, almost five years later, that Barbadian intervention still upsets many in the usually placid eastern Caribbean. Adams is sensitive about the matter too. Boots has been banned in Barbados...
Organizations and individuals within the state can petition the governor for acknowledgement of an accomplishment or anniversary. The governor's proclamation office then rules on whether the event deserves recognition, said Vincent Loporchio, a spokesman for Dukakis...
...protest was handled by GAO attorney Vincent Knox, who said Wednesday that he had finished his report "very recently." His investigation is now being reviewed within...
...drive to obtain the ball began several months ago when approximately 10 Winthrop House students realized they could obtain the ball by collecting a certain number of Hood popsicle wrappers, said Vincent Y. Ho '84 of Winthrop House. According to an advertisement on the wrapper they could obtain a rubber with added control and playability" for only 3,475 wrappers or $9.95 and five wraps...
...recipients of this year's medal. Others included the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, the late baseball great Jackie Robinson, Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker Jr., Actor James Cagney, Country Singer Tennessee Ernie Ford, Writer Louis L'Amour and the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale...