Word: ferrara
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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What part Ambassador Welles had had in this was hidden last week by his customary public silence. But behind the scenes he was active. He called on Secretary of State Orestes Ferrara. Ten minutes after he arrived, word went out to the government censors, who edit all Cuban newspapers, to suppress all mention of the call. One enthusiastic censor forbade all future mention of Mr. Welles. Next day Mr. Welles had luncheon with Machado and the man Machado had just made his Secretary of War & Marine: General Alberto Herrera. As Secretary of State Ferrara sailed for London at the head...
...tons a year. In exchange Cuba would lower tariffs on U. S. imports. Keeping in touch with the U. S. State Department by telephone, Mr. Welles steered wide on the subject of U. S. intervention. His calmness disarmed Cuba's Secretary of State Orestes Ferrara who suddenly bubbled over that the U. S. had promised to do "everything humanly and superhumanly possible" to keep Machado in power. Mr. Welles did not bother to point out that his no-meddling instructions work two ways: while the U. S. might not overtly help kick Machado out, neither might it do anything...
...Born in Ferrara in 1842, he grew up to be a little fellow (half an inch too short for military service), with a mincing manner and a domelike forehead. He abhorred Bohemianism, was always perfectly frank in his love of rich food, fine clothes, beautiful women. His career took him first to Florence, then London, then Paris. Ever since the Salon of 1875 his steady succession of portraits and mistresses had been gaining fame but it was not until the turn of the Century that Boldini entered his Grand Period. He was preeminently the artist of the Edwardian...
...Spanish Government acted. In Madrid Foreign Minister Luis de Zulueta made a statement on the killing (which was barred from all Cuban newspapers) and wired urgent orders to Spain's embassy in Havana. Spanish Charge d'Affaires Rafael Forns called immediately on Cuban Secretary of State Orestes Ferrara, sniffed indignantly at the latter's suggestion that all official moves be postponed until after a Cuban "judicial investigation." Next day he delivered his Government's formal note, a message conspicuous for its lack of diplomatic phrases. Its gist...
Typical products of an age that set a premium on immortality and fame are Pisanello's medallion portraits of the great folk at the courts of Ferrara, Mantua, and Milan. Although small in scale, through the accuracy of modelling and characterization, they partake of the qualities of monumental works of art. One is apt to remember the sharp profile of Paleologus in the fantastic dress of Byzantium, the appropriately gentle likeness of Cecilia Gonzaga, and the strangely fascinating head of Leonello d'Este. We may see side by side the first proofs in lead and the later casts in bronze...