Word: geronimo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plebiscite, in Bolivia by constitutional assembly; 2) within two months of this approval, representatives of the mediating nations must establish the boundary in the Chaco; and 3) Paraguay and Bolivia must accept it. On the last step, however, the Chaco settlement may stumble. Fortnight ago Paraguayan Politician Dr. Geronimo Zubizarreta, so far sole candidate for the September Presidential election, indicated that as President he would toss out any ruling the Chaco mediation arrived at (TIME, July...
...Army into such a frenzy that they refused to obey Provisional President Franco's order to retreat from the disputed road, threatened a general revolt unless he withdrew the order. With Colonel Franco's fall expected hourly, the Army began to rally behind rabidly anti-Bolivian General Geronimo Zubizarreta for the presidency. Sanctimoniously the Bolivian Cabinet declared: "We decline any responsibility for possible perturbations created by Paraguay...
Eloped. Marion Snowden, 21, of Minneapolis, daughter of the late Oilman James Hastings Snowden (Snowden & McSweeney Co.) ; and Prince Geronimo Rospigliosi, 24, scion of one of Italy's oldest houses; in Rome. Miss Snowden's family, it was reported, made determined efforts to forestall the marriage...
Esteban smelled powder early. He was only five months old when his Indian mother carried him through the battle of Cerro Caido, in the war of independence (against Spain). In the battle his mother lost her man but rescued an aristocrat. Don Geronimo Cerromayor, was adopted for her pains. So Esteban grew up with a fancy name, but there were still times when he felt like an Indian...
When middle-aged Don Geronimo took a beautiful young wife, Favia, he was a long time noticing how Esteban looked at her. By the time he did, and sent Esteban off to be a soldier, the damage was done. The army was just the life for Esteban: he had a fine time and learned a lot. Then there was an Indian uprising; he applied for active service, saw plenty. came back not only a colonel but a hero. Life, which he liked simple, began to grow complicated. He put horns on Don Geronimo's hat, and Favia loved...