Word: es
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...months ago, Iraq's Premier Nuri es-Said had brought the wrath of Egypt's Premier Nasser on his head for joining Turkey to form the nucleus of the new organization. Now Nuri tried to reassure Nasser. Iraq, he said, "will not hesitate to use her resources for the assistance of any Arab state subjected to Israeli aggression." Macmillan seized his chance to argue that Communist frustration in Europe and Asia had forced the Reds to seek out new areas for expansion. Egypt's deal for Communist arms was the result, and, considering the situation, he could...
...best for Irving Fine's Three Choruses from Alice in Wonderland, which was completely captivating with the addition of modern dance. Susan Zucker's charming choreography for Beautiful Soup emphasized the wit of Lewis Carroll's text. Director Caroline Martin presented the entire Dance Group in Eixa Nit es Nit, a haunting setting of a Catalan carol by Joaquin Nin. The dancers moved in willowy, flexible patterns, and the Choral tone was excellent. It is unfortunate that the concert was little known in the Harvard community; future joint recitals deserve better publicity...
...labeled the Mannerist-style painting of Gabrielle d'Estrées [Oct. 3] "Lady After Her Bath." Surely a more appropriate title would have been: "I dreamed I was in a jewelry store without my Maidenform...
Referring to the painting of Gabrielle d'Estrées, one of Henri IV's mistresses, reproduced in the Oct. 3 issue, you mention her mirrored profile "which disobeys all known laws of reflection." Has it not occurred to your Art editor that the reflection in the mirror is that of a lady-in-waiting, not seen elsewhere in the painting...
...their books, but an estimated 100,000, many of them under 23, ply their trade freely. In many of the most elegant bars and cafés of Madrid, there are now so many women for hire that respectable caballeros no longer take their wives or fiancées to such places after 7 p.m. Spain has a frightening venereal-disease rate: some 200,000 cases annually in public dispensaries, an unknown number treated privately...