Word: alegr
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Dates: during 1974-1974
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Last month Arias backed down on a promise to allow the formation of political "associations" (nascent parties), which have been banned throughout Franco's rule. The same day General Manuel Díez Alegría, the comparatively progressive chief of staff of the armed forces, was sacked. All during May, General Díez Alegría had regularly received a monocle in his mail-a pointed hint that he should emulate Portugal's António de Spínola and liberate Spain. To foreclose the possibility he was replaced by the more reliable General Carlos...
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