Word: gustavo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Gynecology 6 Obstetrics: Montevideo, Dr. Juan Pouorfila; Bogota, Dr. Juan N. Corpas; Mexico City, Dr. Ever-ardoLanda; Havana, Drs. Gustavo Cuervo Rubio, Gualberto Ponce y Diaz...
Gossip of the week in Santiago concerned shrewd, rich Gustavo Ross, picked by President Alessandri to be Finance Minister in the new regime. Reputed to have been a "bear" speculator when the Chilean peso was falling. Don Gustavo is in bad odor. He owes his Finance Ministry, say scandal mongering Santiagans, to a strategic investment made eight years ago when enemies of the "Lion of Tarapaca" chased Senor Alessandri out of Chile and left him with exactly...
...this emergency Don Gustavo Ross furnished the stranded Lion with enough cash to go to Venice, eat spaghetti and ride in gondolas until the Chilean situation cleared up. Grateful, the Lion has not forgotten his debt to Don Gustavo, despite enemies who cry that now Don Gustavo will be able to "loot the country...
Santa Isabel on the Island of Fernando Po is the Guinean Capital. Starting out with his secretary and a small suite. Governor General Don Gustavo de Sostoa, a popular veteran of the Spanish colonial service in Morocco, had been inspecting small islands for days. He came at last to Annobon, wrung the trusty Sergeant's hand, sat down to a festive, tropical dinner and prepared to endure the native dance. Shrill native pipes squealed, drums throbbed. Black men began to dance and no one noticed white Sergeant Castilla...
Under the circumstances effective pursuit was impossible. The Governor General's secretary sternly ordered Annobon's blacks to capture their white Sergeant but they failed to do so last week. In Madrid native Delegates of Guinea rushed wailing to Spanish officials. "Alas for our beloved Don Gustavo!" they cried with every outward sign of grief. "He was the best Governor we ever...