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Word: espada (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After two unsuccessful tries at the kill, Pat coolly wiped the blood from her hands and swaggered across the ring. Taking careful aim, she went in over the horns a third time, her feet leaving the ground as she sank the espada to the hilt. The fans poured into the ring to acclaim her triumph; the judges awarded her both the bull's ears. One judge babbled "Muchas gracias" over & over into a microphone. Pat's mother wept. Her father, a Texas oil engineer who had nerved himself to attend only at the last minute, cheered wildly. Cigarette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Torera from Texas | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

Roared the Duke of Pino Hermoso: "Never! There will be no marriage between my daughter and this mozo de espada [bullfighter's servant] as long as I am alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Love in the Afternoon | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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