Word: espana
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Then commend your soul to God, cry Viva Espana and die like a patriot...
...large, airy Comedor Popular (people's dining room)* off the Plaza Espana, in Caracas, diners smacked their lips over a favorite dish: rice and black beans. Their approval marked the success of a significant experiment. For a long time, Dr. Nacio Steinmetz,† a Polish refugee scientist, had worked to develop a vitamin-rich soybean to look and taste like the common black bean which is the chief source of protein for millions of Latin Americans. The diners at the Comedor Popular had eaten the product of his work without knowing that it was anything more than the plain...
They import from Spain tons of books and magazines. Propaganda is aided by several large Spanish publishing houses, by nearly a score of Fascist-controlled radio stations which regularly transmit Hispanidad propaganda under titles like "La Vos de Espana," "Espana de Hoy." Spanish films bring Hispanidad to the attention of the moviegoing masses; an increasing number of Spanish dancers, singers, artists stream to Buenos Aires to remind Argentines of the strong ties of Hispano-American culture...
...types of musical material the musicians of the late nineteenth century, especially the colorists of Russia and France, exploited the brilliant melodies and rhythms of Spanish popular song. The number of French and Russian compositions at the end of the last century with titles like Spanish Caprice, Spanish Symphony, Espana, and Iberia demonstrates how potent an influence the Spanish idiom had become...