Word: panamanians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Spots is a strapping chestnut with curious black and white spots on his rump, who prefers to dwell in the pack, then turn on a withering burst of speed in the stretch. And the horses could hardly have more contrasting jockeys. Never Bend's regular rider is fiery Panamanian Manuel Ycaza, 25, whose terrible-tempered tactics earn him almost as much time on suspension as in the saddle. Candy Spots's jockey is coldly efficient Willie Shoemaker, 31, the top money-winning jockey ($2,916,844 last year) in the world...
...most powerful family, a leathery little (90 Ibs., 5 ft. 4 in.) millionaire who founded his country's national university and controlled its press; of a heart attack; aboard a plane bound from Boston to Miami. One somewhat less successful family exploit: an abortive 1959 revolt against the Panamanian government led by Arias' son Roberto, and assisted by his wife, Dame Margot Fonteyn, who was nabbed for arms-smuggling, spent a night in the poky...
...response to Panama's urging, the U.S. spent $20 million on a new bridge rising 384 ft. above the canal three miles downstream. The question was what to call it. At a time when Washington is increasingly mindful of Panama's "titular sovereignty," and now flies the Panamanian flag next to the Stars and Stripes in the zone, one name that almost everybody liked was "Bridge of the Americas"-symbolizing Panama's importance as a crossroads. But not Thatcher. In Washington, where he now lives, Thatcher lobbied until the House Appropriations Committee inserted a provision into...
...time at all, Panamanians were deep in name-calling of their own. "An insult to Panamanian sovereignty," cried the Panamanian Students' Federation. When Thatcher himself and U.S. Under Secretary of State George Ball turned up for the dedication, rioting Panamanian youths swarmed up the steel framework, waving Panamanian flags and shouting "Thatcher No, Americas Si!" Thatcher's name was ripped from the bridge plaque. The rest of the dedication ceremony, including a scheduled speech by Thatcher, was hurriedly canceled. Still, everyone agrees, it is nice to have the bridge, whatever its name...
Like Errant Satellites. With that, a wily Panamanian introduces a resolution in the U.N. condemning the U.S. for discrimination and ordering a U.N. investigation of U.S. racial practices. To head off this vote, the Administration per suades a young Negro Congressman named Cullee Hamilton to propose a joint resolution on Capitol Hill that would apologize to Terrible Terry, grant Goroto $10 million in hush money, and to speed up integration. Subplots sub-subplots whirl around these two resolutions like so many errant satellites; the chapters stretch on and on. In the end, Congress adopts Hamilton's proposal...