Word: cordoba
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...Fourth largest cathedral in the world. It is exceeded in size by only St. Peter's in Rome, the Mezquita in Cordoba, the Santa Maria de la Sede in Seville...
...following program is scheduled for tonight's Pops: March Schubert-Casella Overture to "Oberon" Weber Ballet Suite from "Cephalus and Procris" Gretry-Mottl "The Flying Dutehman," Overture Wagner Spanish Dances Moskowski Cordoba Albeniz-Jacchia Three Dances form "The Three Cornered Hat" De Falla "Espana." Rhapsody Chabrier Indian War Dance Skilton Prelude to "Khovantchina" Moussorgsky Entrance of the Guests into the Wartburg, from "Tannhauser" Wagner
...Cordoba Saw City...
...another Spaniard, Cordoba, touched the east coast of Yucatan, near Cape Catoche and Mujeres Island and saw "a large town standing back from the coast about two leagues . . .and . . idols. . .nearly all of them with figures of tall women, so that we called the place the Punta de Mugeres" (Women's Point). Juan de Grijalva a year later sailed from Cuba to the Island of Cozumel. After claiming that land for his sovereign with the usual blithe arrogance of his age, Grijalva crossed to the visible eastern shore of Yucatan, where his historian describes sighting "three large towns separated from...
...expected the comedy was carefully and admirably prepared. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, surely our leading stage and off-stage husband and wife, had the leads. Henry Travers, Pedro de Cordoba and other familiar faces rounded out the cast. Since the play was written so many years ago, it was wisely staged in the fashion of that day, and has become, within the lifetime of the author, a costume play...