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...Taurus) seemed in for a rise in prestige and a decline in health, Winston Churchill (Sagittarius) for a "permanent change of residence," the C.I.O.'s Phil Murray (Gemini) for "a churning year," Crooner Frank Sinatra (Sagittarius) for "increased power." Things were not going so well-astrology-wise-with Generalissimo Stalin (Sagittarius). The current opposition of Uranus to the Sun in Stalin's chart pointed inexorably toward the end of his trail, certainly...
Moscow's air-conditioned political climate stayed steady as a glacier. Moscow's millions raised no visible eyebrow, spoke no audible comment on Generalissimo Stalin's blast at ex-Prime Minister Winston Churchill...
...moment, the Generalissimo's greatest strength lies in the apathy of Spain's people. Overwhelmingly they despise the Generalissimo and his regime. Overwhelmingly they prefer it to another civil...
Franco's Weakness. The Generalissimo's greatest weakness is the state of his nation. Under his totalitarian order, Spain's old and decadent worlds of wealth and want are spinning ever farther apart. Life in Madrid is a pattern in extremes. The capital has Europe's most elegant and epicurean restaurants; among the best is the one operated by the famed German restaurateur Otto Horcher, who used to serve Nazi bigwigs in Berlin, Vienna and Paris. Store windows on the Gran Via display nylons, furs, silks, satins, perfumes...
...Generalissimo has been lavish in his promises to impoverished Spain, niggardly in his achievements. In his way, he seems to understand the importance of modernizing Spain's anachronistic economy. Recently he proclaimed a vague ten-year plan for "national improvements . . . old injustices and abuses will be ended . . . redemption is at hand." To build up a mass base, he is said to be studying the technique of Argentina's Juan...