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Word: bernabe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1948-1948
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...Uncle Bernabé. In such operations, Tacho learned a lot from the history of his great-uncle, the late Bernabé Somoza, who met an untimely death in the igth Century. Bernabé was an outlaw in the Nicaraguan town of Rivas, and he loved cockfighting and roistering even more than Tacho does. He was so handsome, says Tacho, that when he played the guitar, women shivered and swooned. "He could put himself in a yoke and pull like an ox." In a fight over a rooster, says Tacho proudly, Bernabé grabbed a machete and killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: I'm the Champ | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

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