Word: damaso
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because eczema of the foot confined Prime Minister Damaso Berenguer to his quarters in the War Ministry, King Alfonso XIII broke last week the rule that a king never calls on a minister. His Majesty called for a long, earnest talk with footsore General Berenguer. Spain has been on the brink of revolution for months. Dare His Majesty keep his promise to order elections held-the first parliamentary elections Spain has had in seven years...
...General Damaso Berenguer y Fuste, bull-necked Prime Minister of Spain, stepped from his private office last week, waved an amiable plump hand at a group of reporters whom he knew personally, advanced with his brother and personal adjutant, Luis Berenguer y Fuste, toward the elevator. A pale young man by the name of Joaquin Llizo pulled a small pistol from his pocket, deliberately fired one shot into the ceiling. One of the duties of a Spanish Prime Minister's adjutant is wrestling with would-be assassins. Adjutant Berenguer promptly grappled with Pistoleer Llizo. General Berenguer spun...
Stepping straight up to his tormentor Son Miguel boxed General Queipo de Llano first on his left ear, next on his right, then punched his brandied nose. "C-c-consider yourself under military arrest!" spluttered the General. Next day Spain's new Dictator, General Damaso Berenguer, took a short cut out of an embarrassing situation, ordered Lieu tenant Miguel Primo de Rivera out of the country. Last week a police escort saw him as far as Hendaye, across the Spain-France border. A third son of the fallen Dictator was serving last week with the Spanish air force...
Month ago the champagne cocktail Duke* became Minister of Education in the new Spanish Cabinet of Dictator Damaso Berenguer, successor to ousted General Primo de Rivera (TIME, Feb. 10). Last week the Ministry of State and Foreign Affairs, suppressed during the regime of Dictator Primo de Rivera who dealt directly with foreign Ambassadors, was reestablished by Royal decree. Next day it was King Alfonso's pleasure that his crony, the Duke of Alba, should step up from Minister of Education to Foreign Minister?the highest ranking cabinet post...
Prime Minister (Foreign Minister) and Minister of War?General Damaso Berenguer...