Word: hortensia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Haven't Much Strength." The afternoon of dignified salutations wore on. At the tomb of Panamanian President José Antonio Remón, who was assassinated 19 months ago, President Eisenhower laid a wreath, paused to chat with Remón sister, Carmen Hortensia Remón, who asked about his health. Ike's reply quickly buzzed through the press corps in three different languages. "I am feeling fairly well," he said. "I haven't much strength, but I keep going...
...story of her song in French, followed by a charmingly painful version in English. Then, with a piano tinkling away discreetly on either side, she flashes a white smile and launches her husky cognac contralto into the songs her admirers have come to expect: Amour, April in Portugal, Mile. Hortensia...