Word: ernesto
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...death, most of the orchestration was still incomplete; the rough score entrusted to his sister Maria contained as many as six alternate versions of some scenes. The job of selecting the best versions and of stitching the whole thing together was taken over by Spanish Composer Ernesto Halffter, a onetime pupil. Halffter was confident that he could remain true to the master's "musical tastes and ascetic conceptions...
...compensation promised the companies is scant solace to many Italian businessmen, who fear that this is only the beginning of further government assaults on private enterprise. Cried Alberto Ferioli, deputy secretary of the business-minded Liberal Party: "This policy threatens Italy's economic miracle." And even Ernesto Manuelli, president of the state-owned Finsider steel combine, was moved to concede: "For the consumer, this is likely to make things worse rather than better...
Before long, impressive, two-page ads stressing Cuba's charm and conviviality ("If Cuba could be said to have one predominant art it would have to be the art of living") were appearing in U.S. newspapers and magazines. But Harris began to doubt his own copy when Ernesto (Che) Guevara became Economics Minister of Cuba and early in 1960 cut off Harris' monthly checks. Harris flew to Havana, saw Castro, and "had to listen to 20 minutes of demagoguery." He tried again, waited 82 hours in Guevara's office. Guevara just laughed in Harris' face...
When her asthmatic little boy Ernesto ("Che") Guevara grew up to be at 33 the Marxist mastermind of Fidel Castro's government in Havana, Celia de la Serna de Guevara was as proud as a mamma could be, particularly a Communist mamma. At home in Argentina, Celia has long been an all-wool Communist herself, but hampered by individualistic tendencies. She often ate with a pistol on the table, and, before she separated from Ernesto Sr.. sometimes used the weapon to threaten her husband, whose policies were only parlor pink. Somehow the leaders of Argentine Communism never...
...Died. Ernesto Jaén Guardia, 65, Panamanian businessman-diplomat, who "just happened to be in Panama City" when pro-Axis strongman Arnulfo Arias was deposed on Oct. 9, 1941, was promoted by the Cabinet from Second Vice President to President of Panama and served for all of three hours; of a heart attack; in Panama City. Jaén Guardia became president at 1 p.m., bowed out at 4 p.m. the same day after changing his mind and turning the job over to Justice Minister Ricardo de la Guardia...