Word: allied
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Elms, built in 1901, was inspired by the Château Allière near Paris, sits like a palace in a park of landscaped terraces, ornamental walks, stately trees, lawns, fountains, plus two teahouses, three bronze statues, and a profusion of ornate limestone flower pots, cornucopias and wrestling cupids. No commercial vehicle ever scuffed the smooth gravel of its front driveway in the old days; and it took so much coal to animate the giant boilers that a special narrow-gauge underground railroad, complete with a turntable in the subbasement, was constructed to keep the hungry furnaces...
...anti-communist politicians and military men distrusted him to the point where they brought Brazil to the brink of civil war before a parliamentary system was devised to limit his powers as President. To make matters worse, Brazil, which the U.S. hoped to make a cornerstone of the Alli ance for Progress, was in economic chaos; financial mismanagement had produced a zooming cost of living, a runaway currency, and a severely unbalanced foreign trade...