Word: espafia
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...contrary, the drab little towns in the steep Asturian valleys took on a holiday air as idle workers strolled the streets with their families, or gathered at cafes to drink cider or the red wine of Leon and eat chorizos, the popular peppered sausages. Many listened to Radio Espafia Independiente. the Communist transmitter that spews its anti-Franco propaganda from Prague. Czechoslovakia (featuring La Pasionaria. legendary Red amazon of the Civil War). Since Franco's own press and radio were suppressing the whole matter. Prague was the only Spanish-language source of news about the spreading strikes in other...
...with the state-owned and controlled systems of Europe has often been remarked. Apparently, Spain has gotten tired of local bureaucrats, and wishes for service in the American fashion. The International Telephone & Telegraph Co., a U. S. concern, will shortly undertake through its subsidiary, the Compania Telefonica Nacional de Espafia, to construct and operate a general telephone system throughout Spain. The work will involve taking over the existing Government-owned system, as well as several private systems...
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