Word: cortese
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Every radio, it seemed, was tuned to the same station. In cafés and shops from Bilbao to Barcelona last week, Spanards listened intently to a heated parlamentary discussion broadcast live from the Cortes. The debate concerned the faltering policies of Conservative Premier Adolfo Suárez. More significantly...
Many such anxieties were laid to rest last week in the Cortes A people who regularly watch televised bullfights the way Americans watch baseball finally had its clear-cut political battle. Said an enthusiastic government spokesman as the debate caught fire: "The people have been asking for a little corrida...
Battle lines are also being drawn over legislation before the Cortes (parliament) concerning two bitterly divisive issues: legalized divorce and secular education. Both measures are not only anathema to the still powerful Roman Catholic hierarchy, but are also hotly contested by the left, which wants even greater reform. Such controversies...
Joseph Z. Cortes '81 said yesterday that it is "accepted that the general exam is a breeze."