Word: evitas
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...start, everything seemed shipshape. Evita Perón planned to stage-manage the convention as if it were a Peronista rally. Inspecting the high-domed Congreso a few days before the convention opened, imperious Evita acted as if she owned the place. She announced when she would speak, decided where she would sit. She had already proclaimed that she would furnish some of the convention props. Among them: a portrait of Argentina's Liberator José de San Martin, a crucifix, a vellum-bound copy of the Gospels, and most important, a chair of native pipiribi wood with President...
...Shrewd Evita Peron knew a good chance when she saw one. The letter on her desk, addressed to Agustin Americo Merlo of Argentina's Washington embassy staff, was a routine solicitation from the capital's Children's Society, Inc. for a contribution for needy Washington children. Smart Señior Merlo had got the society's O.K. to send the request to Buenos Aires for Evita to peruse...
...Evita was willing. After all, if she sent help to the poor in the U.S., her descamisados would have new and dramatic proof of her great heart. Besides, after all the coolness in Washington every time her friends suggested a U.S. trip, it would be fun to play the role of Lady Bountiful...
...send enough clothes for 600 of the poor children of Washington. Told that the State Department had no objections, Mrs. Fay Vawters, co-director of the Society, said bravely: "We are going to accept [the gift] with all the grace that God in his mercy can bestow upon us." Evita had made the most of her chance...
...Bolero. Surgeon Ivanissevich is also a singer. Last month, traveling with the presidential party on a long, dusty train ride back to the capital from the interior, Evita Perón said: "Ivan, why don't you sing us a bolero?" The courtly, white-suited, white-tied Secretary dug out a guitar, swung into a popular number called Luna Lunera...