Word: barrio
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Interpreting the revolt as a vote of noconfidence. Premier Casares Quiroga resigned. President Azaña chose a fellow-member of the Left Centre, President of the Cortes Diego Martinez-Barrio, who in turn resigned to make way for another Left Centrist José Giralt Pereira. distinguished scientist. Madrid University's Chancellor and old friend...
...into power in the February elections want a "proletarian dictatorship." Last week he offered the Premiership to the only Socialist leader who does not believe in revolution : Indalecio Prieto. Prieto declined it. President Azaña offered it to the Radical Democratic leader. Speaker of the Cortes Diego Martinez Barrio, who also declined. Finally he offered it to another Republican, Minister of the Interior Santiago Casares Quiroga, who for two months has had the delicate job of suppressing Socialist riots and church-burnings without making the riotous, incendiary Socialists too angry. Senor Quiroga accepted...
...appearance of this slim volume, the first story from the pen of Barrio in almost thirty years, comes somewhat as a surprise. The author of "Peter Pan" and "The Little Minister" seems to be of an age that has passed; and if it were not for occasional pictures in the rotogravure sections of Sunday papers, we would take it for granted that he was long since dead. That he is far from that is proved unanswerably by "Farewell Miss Julie Logan...
...whatever the scientists would say regarding the case, the people of Santa Rosa and the outlying districts of the barrio are positive that Balbino is pregnant six months...