Word: alem
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...routing guards and forcing their way into the city's 14 closed churches, frantically ringing bells that had been silent for a decade. Hastily the city authorities canceled a Mardi Gras celebration that would have brought thousands more Catholics into town. Veracruz's youthful new Governor Miguel Alemán was so besieged during a visit to the Orizaba city hall that he slipped out a side door and made for nearby Córdoba. Apparently to stall for time, State spokesmen falsely reported that the Legislature was willing to let the opened churches stay open. When Governor...
...custom to scrawl on a piece of paper, 'El-Hadj Alemán,' (the German Pilgrim) and leave it prominently displayed. I must have done this 20 times...
...When I burned down a French house, I made sure to put my name on the work: 'El-Hadj Alem...