Word: candioti
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soldiers also rioted. When Dr. Alberto Maria Candioti, former Argentine Ambassador to Mexico, reprimanded them, he was told that they were obeying "superior orders." Said a diplomat who had been in Berlin during the early days of Hitler: "Just like the brown shirts...
Grizzled, fiftyish Pedro Candioti is one of Argentina's most beloved athletes. His specialty is not futbol, polo or tennis, but endurance swimming. Last week, for the 26th time, Pedro Candioti tried to realize his life's ambition: to swim down the Paraná River to Buenos Aires...
...past Baradero, past Uriburu, past Campana. At each river town he was greeted with crowds eager to cheer on their beloved "Shark of Quilla Creek." At Point San Ysidro, only twelve miles from Buenos Aires, the upstream tidal current began to force him back. After two futile hours, Pedro Candioti gave up. When he was hauled out of the river he instantly fell fast asleep. Pedro was not as young as he was: he had been in the water only 74 ½ hours. Once he had managed to endure 13 hours longer...
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