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...used to gain power; Falangists today are opportunistic, scattered and weak. At the other extreme, on the far left, are outfits like the Popular Liberation Front, whose Marxist leader has been in jail since 1959. Roughly in the political center are: 1) the Christian Democrats, led by Jose Maria Gil Robles, 63, a prominent Madrid lawyer, and 2) the Liberals, whose spokesman has been Dionisio Ridruejo, a onetime Falangist who has been in the opposition for years...
Both leaders were in Munich fortnight ago to attend a conference of the European Movement, a group promoting a United States of Europe. The event turned into an exciting demonstration of Spanish opposition sentiment, rendered all the more interesting by the fact that Gil...
...Traditions. Along with Gil Robles and Ridruejo, 80 anti-Franco politicians...
...most famous cabinet minister and diplomat, and now an honorary fellow at Oxford. Many of the Spaniards were bitter rivals and a? divided as ever on a future policy for their country. But in an emotional scene, Madariaga submitted a resolution on behalf of all Spaniards present, and Gil Robles rose to endorse...
...Mets were easy to love. Their names stirred fond memories-Manager Casey Stengel, for twelve years the double-talking grand panjandrum of the Yankees, ex-Dodger Gil Hodges, still a hero in Flatbush, Pitcher Roger Craig, another well-remembered ex-resident of Ebbets Field. And they sure did try: in six of their 14 lonely victories, they came from behind to win; in 21 of their 37 defeats, they managed to get the tying run to bat in the last inning. Even in defeat, they had humor. "That feller can hit it to the centerfield wall," said Casey...