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Word: gran (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dispatch the warship Miranda to Cumana to get the urn, and then the Miranda was diverted instead to another part of the country to quell a rebellion. Sucre's citizens hinted darkly that Caracas was in no hurry to put Garcia in the mausoleum beside Bolivar and other gran senor heroes because Garcia was a lowborn man of Guaikeri Indian stock. So his remains were left in the sacristy of Cumana's Altagracia Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: The Long Wait | 4/11/1960 | See Source »

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