Word: emilio
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...Road, 100 more reporters and photographers waited, hoping to catch a glimpse of the bride and bridegroom, or at least of some of the 200 guests. They included Pop Artist Andy Warhol, Actress Rosanna Arquette (who co-starred with the bride in Desperately Seeking Susan) and Brat Pack Members Emilio Estevez and Judd Nelson. TV Talk Show Host David Letterman was also there, as were Cher (in purple hair), Diane Keaton, Record Producer David Geffen and Penn's friend Timothy Hutton. But the reporters never saw Madonna or Penn enter or leave...
...close of World War II. Instead, the third-generation Philippine-American may have discovered something of enormous historical value: a brittle, stained satin flag that the Philippine National Historical Institute reportedly says is "most likely" the nation's first. That would be the one designed in 1897 by General Emilio Aguinaldo while in exile in Hong Kong, and unfurled the following year when he declared independence from the U.S.?starting the first Philippine republic. The U.S. crushed the independence movement four years later, and the flag vanished...
While Spain's new government is trying to end its patriarchal traditions by allowing women to head the monarchy, the private sector is ahead of the curve. Ana Patricia Botín, 43, a financial veteran, is executive chairwoman of Banco Español de Credito (Banesto), and when her father Emilio retires as chairman, she may take over the parent firm, family-controlled Grupo Santander, which is Spain's biggest banking empire. Botín, who speaks five languages, has learned how to face those who charge nepotism. "I started at the bottom," she says. "Nobody has given me anything." Indeed, Bot?...
...undergo training to prepare us for this kind of situation, the real heroes were the citizens who helped in the first moments, the millions who went to the demonstrations that evening, and the people who faced down the fear of getting on the train in the days that followed. Emilio Prada Fernández Manchón Madrid In "{A Brief} History Of Heroes," author Tristram Hunt asked how our current crop of heroes measures up to the legends of the past. That's like asking whether we moderns are genuine humans compared to the superhumans of yore. One unchanging...
...Emilio Botin, chairman of Banco Santander Central Hispano, Spain's largest bank, is a lover of big-game hunting. Indeed, hunting trophies line his office wall. But his latest prize won't quite fit on the wall--the $14 billion acquisition of British mortgage lender Abbey National. The deal is the largest cross-border bank deal ever in Europe and creates the Continent's fourth largest bank. "This is a unique opportunity to enter a very interesting market," Botin said after unveiling the Abbey deal. Botin, 69, is an experienced hand at buying banks. He merged family-run Santander with...