Word: critica
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were runners-up for the A.A.U. championship last year, actually beat them (55-46) in the second of three games (the Oilers had won the first, 38-29). The fans, who could scarcely believe their eyes, carried the local heroes away on their shoulders and the Buenos Aires Critica proclaimed that it was "David and Goliath all over again." Even though the Oilers won the finale, 71-52, Argentine sponsors felt so good about the whole thing that they were dickering with the Oakland (Calif.) Bittners, the A.A.U. champs, to come down next...
...Instrument. Perón also bludgeoned his way into control of a mouthpiece for his dreams and promises: Buenos Aires' powerful afternoon newspaper Critica (circulation 250,000). The strategy had been violence. Perón's plug-uglies had made sporadic raids on democratic Critica, had been met with fierce resistance from determined employes. One sortie was spearheaded by 5,000 street-fighters and backed by four armored cars and 100 police...
...Labor Secretariat last week turned loose on Buenos Aires. Compared to the 500,000 democratic Argentines who had last month swelled the gigantic "March for Liberty," the Perónistas were small in numbers. But, aided by the police, they fought a pitched battle for the plant of Critica, a democratic newspaper, chalked "Death to the Jews" on city walls and intimidated other workers in the most paralyzing strike in Argentine history...
...next night, backed by soldiers, the hoodlums in white attacked the newspaper Critica and tried to burn its building. Critica telephoned for police, but none came. So the newspaper sounded the siren on its roof. The victory crowd rushed up, drove out the Government forces at the cost of two dead, many wounded...
...weeks ago he was called up for questioning about his investigating committee. His case was clear; he was released. Now the Government was trying another tack: in its current "cleanup" campaign (TIME, Sept. 13), it got around to looking into certain iron deals in which Damonte had participated. If Critica's hard-hitting editor could not be got one way, another way might serve...