Word: francos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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FLORENCE: DAYS OF DESTRUCTION. Richard Burton narrates and Franco Zeffirelli directs this special report on the flood damage to Italy's priceless art treasures...
...over Spain, the word was sí. FRANCO SÍ proclaimed a sign that covered four stories of a skyscraper in downtown Madrid. VOTE SÍ FOR LA PAZ echoed posters on the walls and lampposts of every Spanish town. Spanish movie stars filmed television spots to prove that they wanted to sí as well as be seen, and flamenco dancers hammered out special sí seguidillas with their heels. To be sure that no one missed the message, billboards from Cádiz to Catalonia displayed a silky señorita in an overstuffed sweater, urging motorists...
Portuguese President Americo Tomas shouted "Wolf! Wolf!" and blasted away at the beast in the bushes, only to discover that he had bagged one of General Francisco Franco's hunting dogs. Otherwise, the partridge shoot at the Spanish state hunting preserve near Ciudad Real went smoothly, if somewhat noisily, as Host Franco, looking tanned and robust, observed his 74th birthday. President Tomas apologized about the dog, but maybe someone should have apologized to the birds. The twelve guns in the party brought down 1,300 red partridges...
...triumph of opening night, and the quietly joyous reunion of Price with her parents backstage afterward, in which she told her father that there was champagne in the icebox and please to leave her some. The camera even caught more than it meant to. During one rehearsal, Director Franco Zeffirelli unexpectedly waved onstage 226 extras, a gesture that cost Bell $15 a head in fees...
...aerotrain, says Bertin modestly, "is intended to complement the car for distances between 70 and 140 miles." With that in mind, he flew to the U.S. this week. His objective: the formation of a joint Franco-American firm to build a demonstration aerotrain that could cut travel time between New York and Washington to an hour and a half...