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...taken a lover and given birth to an illegitimate son. Then began the long parade: short runs with a vast assortment of lovers, longer runs and growing fame on the stage. She was the queen in Victor Hugo's Ruy Bias, Phèdre in Racine's classic, and she donned trousers as Napoleon's hapless son, the Duc de Reichstadt, in Edmond Rostand's L'Aiglon. Kings mooned over her, and audiences wept torrents over her magnificent death scenes...
Thousands of students marched through Stadium and University streets, arms locked, chanting "Pa-pan-dre-ou," and passing out leaflets exhorting, "Young men of Athens, help us for the triumph of democracy. Down with traitors!" Finally, the demonstrations became riots, and police were forced to quell a stone-throwing mob with clubs and tear...
...reports have been greatly reduced in value since the invasion at the Bay of Pigs because of increased security measures inside Cuba and massive purges of suspected enemies of the regime. The United States National Student Association has several times pleaded clemency for condemned DRE leaders...
...DRE leaders have also shown up at various international meetings, such as the Helsinki Youth Festival and the Latin American Student Conference, to plead their case. Politically, they oppose the Revolutionary Council of Dr. Jose Miro Cardona, which reportedly has the backing of the United States government, and prefer the more leftist leadership of Manuel Ray, now in Puerto Rico...
Some observers feel, however, that after more than a year in Miami the 60 exiled DRE members have become a bit too comfortable "and have accepted the idea that they are not going back to Cuba...