Word: centuria
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Before the third-year men could vote, the law-school bulletin board blazed with an announcement from S.E.U. headquarters : the elections were off. To back up its decision, the S.E.U. called in a squad of blue-shirted bullyboys from the Falange's Centuria de la Guardia de Franco (Centurions of Franco's Guard). When indignant students tried to march on Law Dean Manuel Torres López' office, Falange sticks and clubs swung. The centurions were chased from the law school. Students tore down the bulletin-board notice and destroyed the Falangist arrows above a commemorative plaque...
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