Word: wideness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would budge. One Red battalion was encamped in a small valley called Xieng Ngeun, twelve miles from the ancient capital city of Luang Prabang, and the only exit from the valley was guarded by two Royal Laotian battalions and a detachment of paratroopers. The other was stationed on the wide Plaine des Jarres in north Laos, surrounded by four heavily armed loyal battalions. The Royal Laos handed ultimatums to the Reds, giving them the choice of surrendering their arms and being integrated, or being wiped out; food supplies were cut off. At Xieng Ngeun, his hungry men on the edge...
...University of Wisconsin-trained Soviet apologist, Gunawardena used his powerful position to force nationalization of Colombo's port and bus systems and collectivization of many of the island's fertile paddy fields. Now he was setting up an island-wide system of cooperatives frankly dedicated to his declared objective: "All private enterprise must totally disappear...
Gaudy old Galveston (pop. 75,000) has been a wide-open sin city and the gaudy shame of Texas since the days when Pirate Jean Lafitte made it his island playground. Prostitution flourishes in the houses of Post Office Street, one of the last unabashed red-light districts in the nation. After-hours gin mills and gambling joints thrive in defiance of Texas laws, under the tacit protection of kickback-hungry city officials. From time to time, ambitious reformers have made feeble efforts to clean up Galveston, but the town has always quickly returned to its wicked ways, partly because...
...Dead last going into the first turn at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, Mrs. Halina Braunstein's three-year-old colt Royal Orbit, a 7-to-1 shot, swung wide at the head of the stretch, put on a great burst of speed, romped home a comfortable four lengths ahead to win the 83rd running of the Preakness Stakes and $136,200 for his joyful owner...
...redesign the Pontiac from the wheels up-and out-aiming to make it real cool by this year. His biggest change was to widen the car by 2^ in. and push the wheels out as well. The effect was spectacular. The car not only looked flashy, but also the wide-track wheels gave better balance and road ability. Equally important, says Knudsen, "it gives people something to talk about. They can see it and they can understand it." Where the average age of previous Pontiac buyers was around 45, today's buyer is between 30 and 35. Another sales...