Word: juan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Spaniards have grown increasingly restive since Franco reclaimed the powers he briefly relinquished to Prince Juan Carlos, 37, after suffering a near-fatal stroke last summer. The government has grappled uncertainly with the problems assaulting it on all sides. Says one longtime political expert who is now outside Franco's government: "If the present situation is prolonged indefinitely, it will be disastrous...
...Jamie renounced his claim to the Spanish throne in 1934, but began having second thoughts in the '50s as aging Caudillo Francisco Franco vacillated between Borbón claimants who he hoped would restore the monarchy. Don Jaime was bested in the regal jockeying by his handsome nephew Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borb...
...over-committed young husband ('55, '58) and our first-born. Having temporarily relinquished my prospects for continuing formal education, I was thrilled to imagine that despite biological destiny I might have my family cake and conquer it, too. I enrolled in "A Survey of Spanish-American Literature" under Professor Juan Marichal, now chairman of the Department of Romance languages, and have been translating Pablo Neruda slowly ever since...
...long run "General Pinochet" and the junta will be considered just like another sad example of what has been called "the Latin American Gorilla," certainly a sorrowful stain for a country like Chile that has earned in 160 uninterrupted years the most solid democratic reputation of the continent. Juan L. Sepulveda
Towards the end of the film he fixates on the latter idea. Emmanuelle is persuaded to have an affair, or rather a pedagogical experience, with Mario--the aging Don Juan, the sixty-year-old perfect master of the group. Mario's idea of a sexual education is to expose Emmanuelle to a series of humiliations to which she docilely submits, while he watches impassively. In between episodes he pontificates to her on the metaphysical nature of love and sensuality. It's soft-core scriptwriting like this that makes the hard stuff look at least honest. After he has taken Emmanuelle...