Word: diaz
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chief, holding all the cards, refused. Tired and shaken, Chanis capitulated, then went to bed. He had been in office almost four months (as successor to the late President Diaz Arosemena) and seemed a bit relieved at the prospect of returning to his medical practice. The victors rounded up the Supreme Court, and at 6 a.m. handsome, square-jawed Vice President Roberto F. ("Nino") Chiari, 44, was sworn in as Chanis' successor. Within an hour he received the traditional loyalty oath from his second cousin, Police Chief...
...Punta's owners, Francisco ("Paco") and Jose ("Pepe") Madrazo, are scions of one of the clans that flourished in the days of Porfirio Diaz. They have lived serenely through the social upheaval that started in 1910. Within the 100 miles of fence that shields them from the new world, Don Paco and Don Pepe have saved and cherished much...
...drifted home again to exhibit what he had done. He ran right into the revolution against Dictator Diaz. The same week Diego's exhibit opened, Francisco Madero proclaimed Diaz a usurper and, with the help of Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, began the seven-month job of forcing the aging dictator out of Mexico. After Diego's show closed, he lit out for the open country, carrying messages to the revolutionaries...
...Lisbon's small and elegant Hotel Aviz, where most globe-trotters halt for a quick refresher, one wall is covered with the exploits of Diaz, Da Gama, Magellan and other great Portuguese explorers. On the opposite wall, a plaque pays tribute to the foremost explorer of the modern world of the air-Juan Terry Trippe. The plaque commemorates the rediscovery of the old world by the new: the first passenger flight of Trippe and his Pan American Airways Dixie Clipper from the U.S. to Lisbon on June...
Spot Landing. In San Pedro, Calif., police arrested Jesus Diaz, who had smashed into three police cars, caromed off into a fourth, come to a stop in front of the police station...