Word: franco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...events in modern times have inspired men to as great heroics as did the Spanish Civil War, fought in 1936-9 between those loyal to the five-year old democratic government and the fascist forces of General Franco determined to turn Spain into a totalitarian state. Barely had the Popular Front government been elected, bringing to power a coalition of Communists, Socialists, and other elements of the Left, than Franco started an army revolt originating in northern Africa and quickly extended throughout Spain. While Franco's Nationalist troops were substantially reinforced by elite troops sent from Hitler's Germany...
Spain attracted men like George Orwell. In Homage to Catalonia Orwell writes of his ecstasy on entering Barcelona in the early days of the war. The city was then controlled by the Anarchists, who set on instituting socialist revolution simultaneously with waging the war against Franco. Leaving behind the stultifying atmosphere of England's rigidly stratified society, Orwell exulted in the vitality of Barcelona's blossoming egalitarianism, in the salutations of "Comrade" to strangers and the notices in barber shops proclaiming that barbers were no longer "slaves." In one of his finest passages Orwell describes his flash encounter with...
...from simple and far from idyllic. The movie, despite the charges of propaganda, is relatively hardnosed and intelligent compared to some of the documents that come out of Hollywood. Yves Montand, star of Z, takes on the new role of villain in this movie. The film was scripted by Franco Salinas, who also wrote the screen play for The Battle of Algiers. The film will be shown at the Science Center tonight and tomorrow at 7 and 9. Danny Schechter, BCN's politically-wise news dissector, will be on hand to talk about the reality of U.S. involvement in anti...
Said Minister of Information and Tourism Pio Cabanillas: "There has been a perfect transfer of constitutional power without any signs of anxiety by the Spanish people." Not quite. Many Spaniards are worried that after Franco dies Spain's various long-thwarted factions will begin contesting for power. If that happens, political observers doubt whether the good-natured Juan Carlos would be able to maintain stability...
Richard di Franco, 36, was shaving before going to work in his Portland, Me., restaurant. Standing in the doorway, Ferdinand, his large three-year-old St. Bernard, looked on. Di Franco leaned down to pat the dog's head. Without warning, the animal leaped forward and Di Franco felt his face gripped between Ferdinand's powerful, crushing jaws as his pet tore a long gash in his right cheek that took scores of stitches to repair...