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Word: gaona (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...daringly. Antonio Montes, who was killed in 1907, let the bull come to him for the coup de grace. Captain Canedo, who is still alive, kills a! rejon ?that is, he rides first as a picador, then dismounts and finishes his job as an espada. And there is Gaona, of Mexico,* who fights without a muleta, relying solely upon the suppleness of his hips to elude the bull's furious charge. It is Gaona's boast that the horns seldom miss him by so much as the breadth of a finger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toreador | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

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