Word: castillos
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Although ballots were still being counted last week in four provinces, and Buenos Aires Province was going to vote again because of earlier irregularities, rough estimates of the election results showed an overwhelming victory for Castillo's Concordancia (Conservative coalition): 1,150,000 votes against the Radicals' 580,000, the Socialists' 180,000. These figures were somewhat fogged by fraud, abstentionism (illegal refusal to vote) and blank ballots, but one fact stood out sharp and paradoxical: the majority of voters' well-founded hatred of Castillo's reactionary internal regime had been overcome by their support...
...announcing a "Plebiscite of Peace." Its 120 founder-signers, among whom patriotic Nacionalistas were sinisterly mingled with notorious Nazionalistas, invited all-&-sundry to sign a monster "Album of Peace" to be ceremoniously presented to shrewd old Vice-President-in-the-Exercise-of-the-Executive-Power Ramón S. Castillo. Doubtless these publicity shenanigans amused that dry-humored politico; but what really pleased him was the more genuine peace plebiscite of recent congressional elections...
...becoming increasingly evident that astute old Castillo was not going to have anything to do with aquella guerra (that war) if possible. It was becoming equally evident that he had sold isolationism to Argentina...
...Argentina this meant a thumping personal victory for Acting President Castillo. To the rest of the world it meant that a diplomatic break with the Axis would be forthcoming, when Castillo got around to it. Ramon Castillo was in no hurry...
Hardbitten, bright-eyed Mr. Mullen set NBC's assembly lines in motion. Fortnight ago the ' Wallace dream boat slid down NBC's ways with launching speeches by gracious Señorita Castillo Najera, daughter of the Mexican Ambassador, and Mr. Wallace. At network stations the National Federation of Music Clubs, the National Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs held listening parties...