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Word: eloisa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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BRIDE OF THE CONQUEROR, by Hartzell Spence (336 pp.; Random House;$3.95). When rich, beautiful Doña Eloisa Marta Maria del Cristofora Leovigilda Canillejas arrives in the New World, every Conquistador bachelor in Peru is waiting and many a married gallant is ready to murder his wife to possess her. Pizarro, the villainous governor, gazes down her bodice as she curtsies to him and his kisses are "like hot irons." But Dona Eloisa side steps. In the end, Pizarro mounts the scaffold and Dona Eloisa gets the man she really loves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Through the Centuries | 9/27/1954 | See Source »

...title of Miss Italy last night after her blue-blooded rival failed to show. Countess Blanca Maria Lovatelli, who won the title "Miss Rome" in an evening dress. refusedtocome here and display her charms in a bathing suit for the national prize. The award went to 19-year-old Eloisa Cianni of Florence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eisenhower Undecided on Nixon; Vice Presidential Candidate Opens Financial Files in Public Today | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

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