Word: jose
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fortune of war-one day we are on top, another below," commented wise, eagle-bald Madrid Defense Junta Commander General Jose Miaja. "We have had a better day than the previous ones, but it is no cause for ringing bells...
...choice of Dr. Jose Ortega y Gasset as the Godkin Lecturer for this spring is a fortunate one, in keeping with the high standards of recent years. A political thinker of the first rank, Professor Ortega has contributed heavily to the literature in his field. Most notable of his written works is "The Revolt of the Masses", translated in 1932, a book showing a great grasp of modern social problems and able power to present them...
...Jose Ortega y Gasset, one of the foremost European political philosophers, Professor of Philosophy and Literature at the University of Madrid, has been chosen Godkin Lecturer for this year, and will deliver a series of lectures during the first part of May, it was announced yesterday. Titles and dates of the lectures will be given out later...
Other works are by Robert Nanteuil, one of the foremost French artists of the seventeenth century, Stephano Della Bella, an Italian etcher, Vaillant, a less familiar French artist, and Jose Ribera, a Spaniard...
...correspondents thus far permitted to interview General Jose Miaja, valiant "Defender of Madrid," have mostly been given whispered warnings by his secretary: "Please do not mention his family! Only twice in my life have I seen the General weep-he is most courageous-but please not to mention his family. Hostages, you know! They have been held since the beginning of the war in Morocco, and the General knows that at any moment they may be shot...