Word: casa
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Spaniards." It also quoted a 1942 decree in which the then Bishop of Salamanca listed the books of Unamuno that were on the Index. In a sudden panic, the university changed the name of the Unamuno house, which was to be opened as a museum, to the Casa Rectoral. It canceled plans to visit Unamuno's grave, rescinded invitations to his relatives, barred the mention of his name in the program. Then university officials sat back to await the arrival of visitors...
...mildly interested, sent a military aide to look into the case. El Galleguito greeted the colonel contemptuously. "You are not Peron," he said. "I want to see Peron." Amused and impressed, Peron dispatched a presidential car to bring the lad to the Casa Rosada. Ushered in, El Galleguito cockily seated himself on the President's desk. Asked the President: "Why did you come to Argentina?" Replied El Galleguito, looking the President in the eye: "I'd heard a lot about...
...Einem score was derivative - now a dash of Puccini, now Tchaikovsky, now Stravinsky. The opera's best feature : three scenes in which Joseph K. (superbly characterized by German Tenor Max Lorenz) is involved with different women, all beautifully sung by Switzerland's Soprano Lisa Delia Casa (who will appear at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera this season). These scenes are effectively composed in a perfumed, formal style...
...Casa Rosada (Argentina's White House) and into a waiting limousine one day last week walked five members of a visiting Soviet trade mission, beaming with uncommon good will. After two months of dickering, they had signed a treaty with the Argentines under which the two countries will work out a barter exchange of Argentina's agricultural products (mainly linseed oil and hides) for Soviet petroleum, coal, iron, steel, precision instruments, pipe, rails, rolling stock, axles and tires. Goods worth $150 million are supposed to change hands-if both sides deliver. In addition, the Communists agreed to extend...
...Bomba, Sister Marie Aline and Sister Dominique knew they had found their new home. That night the nuns of the Casa de la Virgen prayed long for the two sisters out in the dangerous dark. And that night, by the light of a big bonfire, the neighbors of La Bomba labored with the sisters to build their house...