Word: alcazar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most European countries, even some of the Communist bloc, the alleged offenses would be classified as trivia. The Madrid daily El Alcazar, for example, was fined $375 for erroneously reporting that a Falangist leader had paid a call on Franco. A Barcelona editor was given an eight-month prison term for publishing a letter that denounced Catalan nationalism-a letter that echoed the government's own views. Why, then, was he punished? In a nation where veiled irony and subtle ridicule have been wielded so often in place of open criticism, nervous officials may detect calculated mischief-making even...
...serious exploration, a college graduation gift from her parents. As History Major Lynda told newsmen on arrival, her aim was "to get to know your country." To this end, Ambassador Duke's pretty wife Robin shepherded her on visits to Madrid's Royal Palace, the Alcazar in Toledo, the palace and mausoleum at Escorial. Wherever she went, the President's daughter displayed unflagging curiosity. Didn't King Philip II have four wives? Why wasn't Philip V buried at Escorial? How come Isabel II is en tombed in the row reserved for kings...
...Madrid is no one-sided polemic; one of its most touching moments is a depiction of the last conversation between the proud Nationalist defender of Toledo's besieged Alcazar and his young son, who is about to be executed by the Republicans because his father will not surrender. It was a "war of heroes," notes the commentary, "because there were Spaniards on both sides...