Word: polo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tanks with 90-mm. cannon and armored troop carriers, the 2nd Battalion of the 6th U.S. Marines rolled across the red dust of a once trim polo field on the western outskirts of Santo Domingo and moved cautiously into the war-torn capital of the Dominican Republic. As the columns churned down Avenida Independencia, past the empty side streets, people suddenly appeared in windows and doorways. Some waved. Others stared. A few spoke. "I wish the Americans would take us over," muttered a woman. A man near by sighed and nodded. "Since they are here, we had better take advantage...
Married. Thomas Schippers, 35, brilliant, boyishly handsome conductor of New York's Metropolitan Opera Co.; and Elaine Lane ("Nonie") Phipps, 26, socialite daughter of Palm Beach's former ten-goal-rated polo star, Michael Phipps; in Manhattan...
...Miami's present style is largely the doing of serendipitous Millionaire Carl Graham Fisher of Indianapolis, manufacturer of PrestOLite auto headlamps. One day in 1912, Fisher looked at the all but deserted beach and had a vision. He filled in swamps, paved roads, laid out golf courses and polo fields, and built five hotels...
...imported polo teams from abroad to lend glamour to the place, and put them up all winter at his expense. Once he had a great idea for a motorboat race-he built eleven boats, all exactly to the same specifications, and invited eleven of the best auto-racing drivers to race them, with the stipulation that they would not be allowed to practice or even get in the boats before the race. On the great day six of the boats sank in collisions, but the publicity contributed handsomely to the new resort's perennial aura of spectator glamour...
...glass-enclosed lounge, and both with the prestige of a former Davis Cup star, Vic Seixas, for vice president. Boston's clubs, all private, afford all manner of excellent courts, ranging from the green composition (at the Brookline Country Club) to cork (Longwood) to clay (Dedham Country and Polo Club). The best setup of all: the three composition courts, sheltered by a translucent, plastic Quonset hood, opened last fall at Harvard...