Word: franco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crisis began with two random killings and a kidnaping. Early in the week, during a left-wing demonstration in support of amnesty for political prisoners (170 still remain in jail, although at least 400 others have been released since Franco's death), a student on the edge of the crowd was suddenly shot dead by an unidentified civilian. Most observers blamed the shooting on an extremist right-wing group calling itself the Guerrilleros de Cristo Rey (Guerrillas of Christ the King). Next day, at a hastily called rally to protest the student's murder, a young woman...
...first-night crowd for this filmed tribute to the glories of body building included Singer Paul Simon, Painter Jamie Wyeth, Princess Yasmin Khan and a half-dozen muscle-bound kids from Yonkers. After the première, Pumping Iron Star Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced fellow Strongman Franco Columbu, who proceeded to bend steel bars with his bare hands and burst a hot-water bottle with his bare breath. More hulks followed onstage to flex and pose, along with Actress Carroll Baker, who stroked their chests, rubbed their biceps, then faked a swoon. The crowd loved it. "I don't know...
...crisis. In fact, Carrillo's release seemed tantamount to the legalization of his presence in Spain, from which he had been exiled for nearly four decades. He will probably not even be brought to trial before next spring, when Spain will hold its first parliamentary elections since pre-Franco days...
...Chirac, or "abstain." One spectator, questioned by a New York Times reporter about the angry but obedient mood of the Chirac boosters, said, "These people exist in all countries. I've seen them in Wallace crowds, in Strauss crowds, and in Madrid two weeks ago at the rally commemorating Franco...
This case of mistaken identity started two years ago when Vidal was approached with the idea for the film by Producer Franco Rossellini. Vidal agreed to write a screenplay, and he introduced Rossellini to Guccione, who, with a logic Descartes would have envied, realized that where there are mad Roman Emperors there must also be orgies-along with big grosses at the box office and an endless supply of nude picture spreads for Penthouse...