Word: aback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Marquis of Vellisca and normally the picture of diplomatic decorum, seethed with anger, jumped up and went to the studio. Bursting in, he bellowed: "I demand the microphone!" All Cuba, for which Castro tirades are the standard late late show, watched bug-eyed. Castro, taken aback at first, took charge of the show to shout: "A breach of conduct! You are not in Spain but in the Republic of Cuba." The picture went off the air, but the sound channel carried Lojendio's shout: "I have been slandered! I have been slandered!" Guards then hustled the marquis...