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The six and a half months since Fidel Castro, 32, took power in Cuba have been months of ferment for his own country and for the whole Caribbean area. Last week the tumultous events that have been taking place in Cuba were climaxed by dramatic changes in Havana.
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PHILADELPHIA, July 18 -- The Philadelphia Phillies chased Danny McDevitt with a five-run outburst in the fourth inning, including Ed Bouchee's two-run homer, to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5 -- 2, behind Don Cardwell's four-hitter today.
CHICAGO, July 18 -- Corn belt experts are asking a lot of questions about the Department of Agriculture's prediction that the corn crop this year would be the largest in United States history.
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1959Juan J. Campanella, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Juan José Campanella is an Argentine television and film director, writer and producer. He achieved worldwide attention with the release of The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]