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This was Russia's opportunity to try putting the Anglo-Americans across a propaganda barrel-the kind Russia had endured over Iran. This was also Franco's opportunity-as it had been the opportunity of Hitler. For all he was worth, the wily Gallegan dictator played Russia against Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Embarrassing Fact | 3/18/1946 | See Source »

...Islands of the Kings (Guam) . . . we found a Gallegan whose name was Gonzalo of Vigo who said he had been left in those lands for seven years. . . . He stayed with the midnight watch and showed the pilot the course . . . was seen no more. Because of this some of the seamen grew afraid and said a ghost of one of Magellan's sailors had come aboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mutiny With Magellan | 11/15/1937 | See Source »

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