Word: banderilla
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...fought in the open country, through the heyday of such distinguished amateurs as the Cid and King Charles V, and up to Goya's own time. One of his best scenes from the early days of bullfighting shows a group of toreros harassing with spears and a primitive banderilla a defiant bull that has downed two of their number. Another dramatic moment is captured in Goya's picture of the death of Pepe Illo, a popular 18th century matador and friend of Goya, who was killed in the Madrid bull ring in May 1801. Goya pictures Illo down...
Bevan leaned from the charge and planted a banderilla in the bull's shoulder: "Does the Prime Minister realize that we are broadcasting to France every night asking them to sabotage, and this officer commends those who shoot Frenchmen who are obeying our instructions?" The bull never even turned his head; no one could tell whether he even felt the sting...
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