Word: zealand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Applied Science. In Greenmeadows, New Zealand, a 13-year-old schoolboy was nabbed by police after he spotted a fireworks display in a shopwindow, focused the sun's rays through a magnifying glass, set off an explosion that destroyed ?16 ($44.80) worth of merchandise...
...incident, the Queen walked on. This week, after landing at Cristobal, Elizabeth and Philip spent a busy day inspecting the canal and attending a state dinner given by Panama's President Jose Antonio Remon. Early next morning the Gothic headed westward across the Pacific, bound for New Zealand and Australia by way of the South Sea Islands...
...half a hundred state balls, garden parties, luncheons and banquets, at eleven investitures, 133 receptions and 27 children's displays. She will open six Parliaments, lay seven wreaths, unveil three memorials, plant six trees, dedicate a school in Fiji, a road in Jamaica and a cathedral in New Zealand. If all this does not in itself add up to history, the tact, charm and grace with which Elizabeth and her husband perform their courtesy calls will have an important bearing on the future of their realm...
...first lap of his 38,000-mile world tour, Vice President Richard Nixon got a warm welcome to New Zealand, won friends by whipping about the country on a three-day sightsee, rubbing noses with Maoris, and making speeches in favor of world trade. On the next stop, Australia, the reception was just as warm except for a cold blast from the Communists, who passed out leaflets about "Tricky Dick" and told him, Australian fashion, to go back home: "Nick off, Nixon...
...worried that Allied's annual sales were six times Hygrade's $9,000,000. He bought Allied. By trimming off its fat and specializing in branded, packaged food, Hygrade weathered the Depression, soon opened plants in Europe, South America, Ireland, French Morocco, Australia and New Zealand...