Word: federico
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mexico's child-mortality rate would be even worse if it were not for gentle-voiced Dr. Federico Gómez, 52, who spent ten years cajoling the government into building (and subsidizing) Mexico City's Hospital Infantil, the country's first child hospital. Director since its completion in 1943, Dr. Gómez treated rich & poor alike, told wealthy parents: "You will leave your pride, your money, and your social position outside, and bring only your sick child. He is our treasure...
Reporters traced the statement to Federico Mangahas, President Quirino's private secretary and ghostwriter. Next day Quirino disavowed authorship, but Manila believed that in a hopping-mad moment he had read and approved the statement...
...strange that appreciation of Federico Garcia Lorea, one of modern Spain's greatest poets, has been mostly academic in this country. Lorea wrote for performance: he was a poet of the people, giving voice to their emotions and raising their language to poetry. The Harvard Dramatic Club's production of one of his farces is commendable both for its success in being true to the folk spirit of Lorea. This success is mainly due to the superb acting of Joanna Brown, the leading lady, who is on stage for all but a few moments of the entire evening...
...Bari, on southern Italy's Adriatic coast, touring American Expatriate Josephine Baker, song and dance artist, called for amateur singers and dancers from the audience to compete for a special prize-a chocolate egg. Among those who volunteered was Federico Covella, 25. "I know only Giovinezza and can sing nothing else," he informed Miss Baker. Carefree and gracious, the mistress of ceremonies waved him on, bid the orchestra to strike up the tune...
...Censor Sees. Last week Da Quinto & Co. put on their most daring show-The House of Bernardo, Alba, by Spain's late great Federico Garcia Lorca. The Andalusian poet, a symbol of intellectual opposition to Francisco Franco's regime, had written the play a few months before his murder in 1936 by Falangist gunmen...