Word: juan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...British art establishment last June with his acquisition at auction of Titian's The Death of Actaeon for about $4,200,000. Just the year before, New York City's Metropolitan Museum had walked off with another British-owned masterpiece, Velasquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, for a record $5,544,000. Officials of the National Gallery and others raised a din, acting as if those rich Americans would soon leave Britons nothing to look at but the telly. At last, with considerable reluctance, the government blocked the removal of the Titian from Britain (Getty wanted...
...link up with its extensive international network. By contrast, TWA can move passengers in its own planes from Tulsa to Tel Aviv. Even such "domestic" carriers as American, Braniff and Eastern have international routes to the Caribbean, Canada or Latin America. Under Pan Am's founder, Juan Trippe, now honorary board chairman, the airline took on unprofitable routes in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe at least partly at the behest of the State Department. On its New York-to-Moscow run, for example, Pan Am has been losing money since service was initiated in 1968. Some...
...Already, Spaniards are beginning to examine the credentials of the men who will succeed Franco. His successor as Head of State has already been chosen: Prince Juan Carlos, 33, who appeared on the palace balcony with the Caudillo at the anniversary celebrations last week, will be crowned King, probably before the end of the year. Vice President Luis Carrero Blanco, 68, will inherit political power for a transitional period. But the man who will likely shape post-Franco Spain will be either Planning Minister Laureano LÓpez RodÓ, 50, or Foreign Minister Gregorio LÓpez Bravo...
...tall, balding bachelor, is a conservative and a monarchist. He has been a strong supporter of Prince Juan Carlos and is sure to play an important role when the young Prince is crowned. The introverted LÓpez RÓdo, an expert on administrative law, is credited as the architect of Spain's economic resurgence, an average growth rate of 7.6% over the past ten years. He is convinced that economic progress must precede political change, a term he cautiously leaves undefined. Change comes "slowly in this country," he told TIME'S William Rademaekers...
There is a rhetorical summation in the film, similar to that in High School (actually, the entire film follows from the previous work). Awarded the "American Spirit of Honor" award, a private named Marshall traces the concept from Valley Forge to Gettysburg to San Juan Hill to France to World...