Word: xavier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...China missions, transliterated: FORD. At the graveside she was forced to sign a statement that the man ostensibly buried there had died "of old age and illness." Packed off the next day to Hong Kong and freedom, Sister Joan Marie told of the end of 60-year-old Francis Xavier Ford of the Maryknoll Society, first American Roman Catholic bishop and fourth American civilian known to have died in the prisons of Red China...
Blue Tango (Leroy Anderson; Decca). A sort of poor man's Third Man Theme, set to jolting Latin rhythm. This version by the composer triumphs over those by Xavier Cugat, Guy Lombardo...
Divorced. By Xavier Cugat, 51, Spanish-born rumba maestro: Bandleader Lorraine Allen Cugat, 29; after five years of marriage, two years of court wrangles (she got a divorce last January in Santa Monica, Calif., which won't be final for a year), no children; in Las Vegas...
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...After questioning 998 Cincinnati schoolchildren on their TV-watching habits, Professor Walter Clarke of Xavier University had some disquieting news to report. The average 12-and 13-year-old, he found, spends 3.7 hours every schoolday before the screen. Over a week, he is apt to consume as much as 30 hours-five more than he spends in school...