Word: armadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Guardia Civil Lieut. Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina, 50, who, with his drooping mustache and patent-leather hat, became an instant celebrity last year as he waved his pistol while holding hos tage nearly all of the Cortes' 350 mem bers. Also on trial are Major General Al fonso Armada Comyn, 61, King Juan Carlos' longtime military tutor; Lieut. General Jaime Milans del Bosch, 66, who declared martial law in Valencia on the night of the coup; and Major General Luis Torres Rojas, 62, who is accused of trying to enlist a Madrid-based division to sup port...
...King Juan Carlos, who played a leading role in pre venting the coup, tacitly encouraged the venture. "Like everyone else, I thought that all or part [of the plot] was known to the King," Milans del Bosch said. According to Tejero, Juan Carlos' wife, Queen Sofia, had told Armada during a skiing vacation in the Pyrenees: "Alfonso, you are the only one who can save...
...scene reminiscent of the Spanish Armada, 30 boats from 10 New England colleges clogged the Charles last Saturday for the Tail of the Charles, the first race of the year for novice women's crew teams and the first race ever for 60 aspiring rowers...
...have all heard of the battles of Hastings and Agincourt, and I doubt that there is anyone in the room who doesn't know all about the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. But I suspect that only a handful of you have even heard the name of what I believe is the most important-and glorious-victory in our nation's history: the Battle of Yorktown in October...
...eerie nether light of 3 a.m. on June 6,1944, Taylor-by then a brigadier general -floated to earth behind Utah Beach in Normandy, gathered a handful of his men from the 101st Airborne Division and secured one of the causeways over which troops from the Allied armada would march onto mainland Europe. Later he served as Army Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Now, at 80, he is a guardian of the nation's conscience...