Word: adolfo
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...been at least that. The rebels captured the biggest prize of their arduous struggle when they shot down a helicopter near the Honduran border carrying Deputy Defense Minister Colonel Francisco Adolfo Castillo, 45, and the military commander of Morazan department, Colonel Salvador Beltran Luna, 45. The two officers were flying over rebel-held territory on a reconnaissance mission when their craft was struck by automatic-weapons fire. Beltran Luna was killed in the crash, but Castillo survived and was taken prisoner by the guerrillas. Several days later, Castillo was interviewed during a broadcast on the rebels' clandestine radio station...
Duarte, who had been robbed of the 1972 presidential election and later fled into exile, vowed to fight this latest challenge. "Five hundred thousand voters cannot be ignored," he told reporters at a midweek "victory" party. Said Christian Democrat Leader Julio Adolfo Rey-Prendes ominously: "If we are not in the government, all the people who voted for us will lose faith in democracy. If you lose faith in democracy, you have to find other ways to power...
...Reagan, 60, and her reputation for the name-wear of haute couture. They produced a barbed, post-dinner skit, to the tune of Second Hand Rose, that featured such lines as "Secondhand dress/ Goodbye, you old worn-out mess/ I never wear a frock more than once/ Calvin Klein, Adolfo, Ralph Lauren and Bill Blass/ Ronald Reagan's mamma's going strictly first class." The ditty elicited rousing applause and, to the surprise of everyone, a bold, well-prepared rejoinder from the First Lady. As a garment rack was dramatically wheeled out from the wings, Nancy strode onstage...
Duarte's aides admit that they face a tough battle. "This is the worst time for us to go into an election," says Julio Adolfo Rey-Prendes, former mayor of San Salvador and the unofficial head of the Christian Democrats' slate of assembly candidates. "The economic situation is terrible. Violence and terrorism are still very active. We seem to have made enemies from both extremes." But Rey-Prendes is confident that his party will win a majority or, alternatively, be able to form a coalition with one of the more moderate conservative groups, such as the National Conciliation...
Most of the new minis are fuller and more feminine than the tight, boxy '60s style. "Flippy" is the word used by some skirt watchers. Says New York's Cuban-born designer Adolfo: "The old minis looked like clothes that had been chopped off at the bottom. Now they are different, looser." Adds Milan's Giorgio Armani: "The new miniskirt is not stiff and straight but soft, fitted at the hips and gathered for a short volume effect. It is also a natural evolution toward femininity after the dizzying circus of pants, knickers, Bermudas, gauchos and Zouaves...