Word: cortese
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*Where, in a famed sonnet and famed historical boner, Poet John Keats got him confused with the conqueror of Mexico, and gave "stout Cortes" the credit for discovering the Pacific.
Miguel de Unamuno, a brilliant man with flashing eyes who wrote novels, plays and poems, was long considered, with Ortega y Gasset, Spain's most influential philosopher. In 1901 he became rector of the nation's oldest university, and under him, Salamanca began to recapture some of the...
Last week, three years later to the day, the Cortes again assembled in the lofty, ivory & pink chamber. Spotted among the Procuradores (Deputies) were skull-capped bishops in wine-colored robes and bemedaled generals. In the galleries were resplendent high-ranking diplomats who had boycotted the session three years ago...
It was a big day for Franco. Just three years ago, his people were restless, and he was a dictator at bay; the U.N. had just voted to continue its diplomatic boycott of his regime. Opening the Cortes (Parliament), he had denounced the "Masonic-Marxist-Communist" bloc at the U.N...
Escorted by prancing Moorish lancers, a black limousine drove up to the Cortes building, and from it stepped a brisk and confident Francisco Franco. Gone was his nervous and high-pitched manner. Inside the chamber Franco put on his spectacles and began reading. Spain's chief spoke like no...