Word: conchitas
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...degrade the original sound. But the new old 78s will have both unfiltered high frequencies and unrumbled lows. Hardly comparable to the sound of the LP era, they nevertheless restore a forgotten adequacy of the sonic -and artistic-achievements of the past. As a result, nearly forgotten singers like Conchita Supervia, Fernando de Lucia and Maria Nemeth will be resurrected and sent along to collectors in their original sonic quality...
Married. Roberto Sanchez Vilella, 54, Governor of Puerto Rico; and Jeannette Ramos Buonomo, 36, twice-divorced daughter of a former Puerto Rican House Speaker and Sanchez' onetime legislative assistant; in a civil ceremony just two days after he was divorced by Conchita Dapona de Sanchez, 52, his wife of 31 years; in Humacao, P.R. Last March after his liaison with Jeannette became public knowledge, Sanchez announced that he would seek freedom to marry her, at the same time said he would not run for re-election when his term expires next year...
Sanchez, 54, said that he hoped to marry twice-divorced Jeannette Ramos Buonomo, 36, an attractive attorney who, until last month, had been his legislative assistant from the time he was elected Governor two years ago. However, Conchita Dapena de Sanchez Vilella insisted that she would not give the Governor a divorce. "It is true that a separation does exist," she told a news conference. "However, I have neither sought it nor provoked it, nor have I caused it to occur...
...club demanded that Sanchez resign and heatedly denounced his reported affront to the "dignity of Puerto Rican womanhood." Explained one clubwoman: "The closing of the office is, in fact, the excuse we are using. What we really must do is demand respect and consideration for Doña Conchita, for in her we are all represented." More than 1,000 women signed a petition calling for Sanchez's resignation, but he insisted that he would serve out his term. It was still too early to assess what effect, if any, the scandal will have in July, when the voters...
...course expert--all done with lovely tone, the right moods struck and the vocal difficulties encompassed. Yet there was none of that real vibrance and passion which alone can make these songs engaging, none of the personal excitement provided-if we can judge by her recordings-by the great Conchita Supervia...