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...March. But the action may have a wider effect. Argentines, and their free but prudent press, have until now shown themselves curiously lethargic to their country's fate. Last week political parties on all sides cried outrage and defiance. "The recess decree is a juridical absurdity," snapped Olegario Becerra, the acting presiding officer of the Chamber of Deputies. "Tomorrow, insofar as it is in my power," he promised...
...Water. Shortly after 3 p.m. next day, a cheering mob of Peronistas appeared before the Congress building. The Deputies marched toward the building, each bearing as credentials a telegram from Acting Chamber President Becerra asking him to appear at the session. The Peronistas got as far as the door, where police blocked the way and lobbed tear-gas grenades into the milling mob. Water trucks turned on their high-pressure jets, spraying everyone with red-dyed water...
After last week's fight, Moore was frankly startled at questions about his plans for the future. "Man, what you think?" he cried. "I want the big payday -Becerra [the bantamweight champion], Brown [the lightweight champion], I don't care. I ain't working for free passes. I'll take care of all the business...
...student was tossed five times by a becerra (yearling cow). Another lost his pants when a horn severed his waistband; a third became so excited that he threw away his sword and tried to throw his becerra to the ground. The crowd got into the act; howling volunteers from the stands jumped into the ring, flinging capes on the sand. But after the wild melee, one old aficionado said: "This was a big day. It took an American to bring back Alcalá's enthusiasm...
Germán Busch Becerra is a tough young Bolivian war hero with a chestful of medals, a thorough military training and an expression so lugubrious that he looks as if he were about ready to cry. Until last week he was also President of Bolivia. He gained that post in one of the military coups that occur frequently in South American politics: Señor Busch was one of a group of officers who overthrew the Government after the Chaco War against Paraguay. He first supported a semi-Socialist regime, then threw out the semi-Socialists...