Word: bien
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...capital of San Juan busily prepared for a fiesta. At Governor Muñoz Marin's mansion, servants made ready for a party, washing the fine crystal, putting a high polish on the silverware. On traffic-jammed Ponce de León Avenue stood a huge welcome sign: Bien-venidos. In the plaza, the excited chatter was all about the opening this week of Puerto Rico's finest hotel, which islanders hope will be a rich new source of revenue and prestige for their economy...
...Denise Chambon it was a happy day. When the bac jurymen finished tabulating the results, Denise learned she had passed second on a list of twelve with an assez bien after her name. At her home her mother and bus-conductor father received the news proudly...
...lineup for the match this afternoon will be Don Blackner, Gerry Murphy, Dave Aldrich, Charlie Thompson, Jack Faircloth, and John Loeb, playing in singles. The doubles teams will be Murphy and Chase, Peterson, Thompson and Wooster Wood, and Roger Swanson and Peter Bien...
...three doubles teams are finally definite according to Wynn. They are Chase Peterson and Gerry Murphy, Dave Aldrich and Pete Bien, and Rog Swanson and Dick Becker. Since Charlie Thompson and Jack Faircloth have hour exams today, Swanson, John Loeb, and Art Seigel will move up in the lineup...
...everything," boasts the black-haired little bartender. "What have you got?" To the client complaining of ulcers, he says: "Muy bien, señor. For you, pisco from a bottle of turnip. That'll be 1½ soles [11?]." In a huge green bottle beside the ulcer cure soaks a banana. "Sĩ señor, bananas. They are to cure dandruff. The pisco sits for a month, absorbing the dandruff-eliminating elements and the hair-restoring elements right out of the banana. That's camomile steeping in the next bottle. Cures malaria. If you want...