Word: barcelona
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although he has achieved distinction as a poet, Reid's intimate knowledge and interpretation of Spain have set him apart as a correspondent with few equals. During the six years he has lived in Spain (first in Madrid, then in Barcelona) the amplitude of his friendship with political, intellectual, and artistic leaders has given him a knight's-eye view of the joustings of Franco and his challengers...
Spanish Song of the Renaissance (Victoria de los Angeles; Angel). Accompanied on such old instruments as the vihuela de mono and the lira da braccio by the Ars Musicae of Barcelona, Soprano De Los Angeles exhumes some of the neglected treasures of Spanish song with happy results. The songs for the most part deal with unrequited love ("So sharp is my desire/ Sweet lady, and my pain/ I feel my life expire/ Yet dare not to complain"), and they are beautifully sung-with opulence of tone and an engaging air of gentle melancholy...
...devastated suburbs of Barcelona, where floods had churned a path of death and debris, a contest for political popularity was fought last week. The loser: handsome Prince Juan Carlos, son of Pretender Don Juan (TIME cover, June 22), either of whom may some day rule Spain. The winner: wily Dictator Francisco Franco, who showed off a few of the qualities that have kept him in power for 25 years...
There had, in fact, been picks and shovels, but they had been supplied by the Franco regime. Moving with a speed unprecedented in Spain, El Caudillo's efficient new Vice Premier, Captain General Agustin Mufioz Grandes, had been in Barcelona within twelve hours after the flood, quickly arranged for rescue and relief operations. Workers were promised 90% of their base pay until their destroyed plants were reopened. Factory owners received $16 million in easy credit. Farmers got pledges of machinery and fertilizer to revive about 2,000 ravaged acres of land. Thus, when Franco arrived at the Barcelona cathedral...
...dawn, the Barcelona area looked as if it had been sacked. Corpses floated along the beaches. Thousands were homeless, and much of Barcelona's hard-worked industry lay in ruins. The tornado's human toll: 500 dead, 400 missing...