Word: franco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grandmothers in sneakers, stocky shopkeepers and children in starched frocks join hands. A brass band brays for a slow-motion minuet. Toes out! Toes in! Deliberately, then merrily, 500 people count steps. The sardanas are courtly affairs, far removed from the stomping passion of Spanish flamenco. Under the Franco dictatorship, the dances were banned as subversive evidence of Catalan nationalism. But now, on Sunday afternoons, they are as ubiquitous as barbershop quartets at Iowa county fairs. "They're a sign of our identity," says Joan Anglada, a furniture salesman, pausing for breath...
...Dykstra, Philadelphia .405 Alomar, San Diego .357 Dawson, Chicago .346 Sabo, Cincinnati .346 Home Runs HR Dawson, Chicago 13 Bonilla, Pittsburgh 11 HJohnson, New York 8 Mitchell, San Francisco 8 MaWilliams, San Francisco 8 Wallach, Montreal 8 Saves Saves Burke, Montreal 10 McDowell, Philadelphia 10 DaSmith, Houston 8 Franco, New York 8 MiWilliams, Chicago 8 Myers, Cincinnati...
...5/15) Batting AVG Dykstra, Philadelphia .387 Duncan, Cincinnati .382 Alomar, San Diego .371 Larkin, Cincinnati .364 Sabo, Cincinnati .354 Home Runs HR Dawson, Chicago 9 Bonilla, Pittsburgh 8 GDavis, Houston 7 HJohnsons, New York 7 Mitchell, San Francisco 7 Saves Saves Burke, Montreal 8 DaSmith, Houston 8 Franco, New York 7 MiWilliams, Chicago 7 Myers, Cincinnati 7 McDowell, Philadelphia...
...Batting AVG Kennedy, San Francisco .410 Duncan, Cincinnati .408 Santiago, San Diego .397 Sabo, Cincinnati .391 Larkin, Cincinnati .385 Home Runs HR Bonilla, Pittsburgh 7 GDavis, Houston 6 Guerrero, St. Louis 5 Sabo, Cincinnati 5 9 tied with 4 Saves Saves DaSmith, Houston 7 Burke, Montreal 6 Franco, New York 6 McDowell, Philadelphia 6 MiWilliams, Chicago...
...Tony and Franco fenced very well," Einaudi said. "Teamwise, we could have done better...