Word: cortese
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lesser men seized on his exalting of the "select minority" to forward the Nazi cause, conveniently disregarding his characteristic distinction that "the select man is not the petulant person who thinks himself superior to the rest but the man who demands more of himself than the rest . . ." When Spain overthrew...
The Conversion. The seeds of anticlericalism are deep in Mexican soil. Hernando Cortes (1485-1547) fought and finagled his way through Mexico in the name of Christ as well as for the sake of conquest. The twelve humble Franciscans (later nicknamed "The Twelve Apostles") who followed the conquistadors' reign...
Except for one possible change, in the number eight spot, where Grayson Murphy, who may not be completely recovered from the measles, this is the lineup that will face the Green; 1, Heckscher; 2, Paschal; 3, Wister (C); 4, Bob Brown; 5, Cal Place; 6, Bancroft Wheeler 7, Pete Milton...
To support this conviction. Author Bowers has marshaled powerful arguments. He recalls that the Spanish government that Franco set out to overthrow did not include even one Communist or Socialist, that out of more than 470 members in the Cortes, there were only 15 Communists. He also presents convincing evidence...
Furtive Voyage. Listed on the manifest as "steel rods, optical glass and laboratory supplies," the arms, in 15,000 cases, were loaded on the freighter Alfhem in the Baltic port of Stettin, now a part of Poland. Once through the Skagerrak and out of the foggy Baltic, the vessel acted...