Word: careaga
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bitterly against the dictator in student riots and strikes. So concerned was Franco that during the past fortnight his ubiquitous secret police arrested more than a dozen men, mostly young, of good families which earlier supported the Caudillo. Among them were some big names: Millionaire Basque Businessman Antonio Menchaca Careaga, Lawyer Valentin López Aparicio, University Student Ignacio Soleto, nephew of Liberal Leader Dionisio Ridruejo (Franco's propaganda director during the civil war), and Francisco Herrera Oria, widely known liberal Catholic layman and younger brother of the liberal Bishop of Málaga...
...pelota court is called. Kids clambered in the branches of chest nut trees to get a better view. This was the biggest pelota game of all: the championship match between a team led by Basque Idol Jean Urruty and a team headed by his closest competitor, Spanish Champion Valentin Careaga...
Murderous Pace. Last week. Spain's Careaga and his team worked hard. Their shirts turned purple with sweat and they kept the Frenchmen on the hop. Urruty, however, was too good. "Yo!" he would yell to warn a teammate that the ball was coming his way: "Arriba!" Careaga would counter...
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