Word: campeador
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...rumblings from the Pardo that Bronston's heroes were not Spanish. So, to smooth his position in Iberia and to dazzle the world at large, he poured the $10 million and every additional cent he could muster into a biography of Spain's national hero, El Cid Campeador. He hired Charlton Ben-Heston and Sophia Loren. He acquired thousands of extras from the Spanish army. He erected cities, opened rivers, and reproduced 11th century Spain. Money meant nothing. By now, he had Pierre du Pont and a titanic Manhattan bank standing behind him like attentive janizaries...
...made possible through the munificence of an indefatigable museum founder, tall Archer Milton Huntington, son of Railroad Builder Collis Potter Huntington. Archer Huntington insists that his real hobby is Hispanic studies, not founding museums. He has written several travel books on Spain, translated the epic of the Cid Campeador, introduced Artists Zuloaga and Sorolla to the U. S. Less successfully last winter he sponsored one Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós. Argentine illustrator (TIME, March...
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