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...conspicuous failure has been its attempt to transport the movement to France itself. It has made a lot of noise in Paris and the provinces with the explosion of 400 plastic bombs at carefully selected targets* and with the theft of guns and munitions from U.S. and French army camps???always well publicized by the press. But the attempts to blackmail funds from the rich and prominent have often backfired: Brigitte Bardot made the S.A.O. seem ridiculous by publishing their threatening letter. In France, the S.A.O. has an estimated 7,000 active members, among them about 500 plastiqueurs. This...
Before 1921, all Spain was divided into two camps???the supporters of Belmonte and the supporters of one Gallito. Then Gallito was gored and died. For a week the nation draped itself in mourning crepe. There are some Spaniards who have not been to a bull-killing since, some who still bow their heads and cross themselves when Gallito's name is spoken. But not many. The sport is too popular to permit of a reigning favorite, like Juan, being eclipsed by the prowess of a dead man, or even by the exploits of great bull-stabbers, retired but still...
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