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Vincento, the Duke, can't bear to bring the law down on his citizens himself. So he appoints a deputy. Then he sticks around in disguise--he wants to see whether power will pervert the poor deputy. Angelo, the once-Puritan deputy, threatens Isabel: Either you sleep with me or I'll have your brother killed for sleeping with that girl. Isabel, the heroine, with majestic certitude: "More than our brother is our chastity." A cutup from an Ex bench: "Come off it, sistah...
...love an exam," bubbles Elma Fox, a University of Kentucky student. "I want to find out what I know." Helen Ellner, a classmate, confesses that "I get so engrossed in class that I never know what time it is." Coed Isabel Cottingham concurs: "I adore this give-and-take with professors...
After nine months of trying to unify the warring factions among her husband's followers in Argentina, Isabel Perón, 35, found that her efforts had come to precious little: the recent military coup led to the dissolution of all political parties. So Isabel rejoined el líder in his Spanish exile. She was met with a lengthy embrace from unwan Juan, looking less than his 70 years, and the couple went off for "a second honeymoon." Their transportation: a black Mercedes that is registered in the U.S. to avoid Spanish import duties. Old dictators know...
...Answers: 1) Philip II was wed to Maria of Portugal, Mary I of England, Elizabeth of Valois and Anna, daughter of Emperor Maximilian II; 2) Philip V could not abide Escorial's royal vault, was buried at his request at La Granja; 3) Isabel was so rewarded because she had been a reigning queen...
...visits to Madrid's Royal Palace, the Alcazar in Toledo, the palace and mausoleum at Escorial. Wherever she went, the President's daughter displayed unflagging curiosity. Didn't King Philip II have four wives? Why wasn't Philip V buried at Escorial? How come Isabel II is en tombed in the row reserved for kings...