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Manuela was more than a colonel in the army of Simón Bolívar, who liberated the west coast of South America from the Spaniards early in the last century. She was also 'Bolívar's political fixer and counselor and, for eight years, his mistress (her husband finally divorced her). As this book makes clear, "La Sáenz," the illegitimate daughter of a Spanish nobleman and an Ecuadorian peasant girl, was a remarkable young woman. She raised money and equipment when the Liberator's armies were flagging, took over affairs of state...
This freshman team will fill a lot of holes in next year's varsity. Meehan prelicts that Huvelle will find a place as a niddle distance man, as will McKelvey. Burns, Frank Snowden Bol Cook, and Ed Brown, Baker, Stempson, Langenback, Steve Marx, Joe Ryan, and Bill Wilson all should land berths is the long distances...
Justice, but Quietly. Mindful that Washington was hardly likely to build a new sea-level canal in Panama if further riots erupted, President Robles took the play into his own hands as the January anniversary approached. After long sessions with his advisers and Guardia Colonel Bolívar Vallarino, he paid solemn homage to the "heroic sacrifice" of the 21 Panamanian "martyrs" (while neglecting to mention that at least nine were killed accidentally by other Panamanians), publicly promised a completely new treaty to replace the hated 1903 pact that gives the U.S. sovereign ty over the Canal Zone. He allowed...
...agents around the city; helicopters whirred FABRY overhead, and sentries dotted the rooftops along the illustrious visitor's route. In 30 hectic hours, De Gaulle made no fewer than nine public appearances; with remarkable stamina for a man of 73, he visited the tomb of Simón Bolívar, spoke before members of Congress, accepted Venezuela's gold-chained Order of the Liberator, and bestowed the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on Leoni...
...Washington, paying a rare honor to a foreign figure, Mrs. Thomas C. Mann, wife of the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, christened the U.S.'s newest polaris sub U.S.S. Simon Bolívar, after South America's great 19th century liberator...