Word: liberatore
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DIED. Salvador de Madariaga, 92, erudite, witty, prolific man of letters, interpreter of Spanish culture and diplomat; in Locarno, Switzerland. When King Alfonso XIII abdicated in 1931, Madariaga became the Spanish Republic's first Ambassador to the U.S. and its delegate to the League of Nations. After the Spanish...
Lenny Bruce, striding past taboos that stood as barriers to communication, was a liberator of language. When Bruce ripped through his monologue, his audience could do one of two things: laugh in self-conscious embarassment or leave in a huff. The early '60s comedian--probably the most controversial in the...
The four--Max Eastman, Will Herberg, John Dos Passos, and James Burnham--differ in almost every way except the direction of their intellectual development. Eastman, a genial, flamboyant libertine, translated Marx's Capital into English, as he did many of the works of Trotsky, his intellectual mentor. He edited two...
The refugees cheered up, however, when President Hafez Assad arrived dressed in military uniform. Surrounded by excited crowds who tossed flowers, cheered and chanted, "Welcome Assad, the liberator!", the President kissed the Syrian flag and raised it to the top of a makeshift flagpole.
General Antonio de Spinola, who assumed the presidency of Portugal after the military coup last April, would like to be regarded as the liberator of his country. Unfortunately, Portugal has been drifting rapidly toward chaos ever since the revolt. The question now is whether fear of anarchy may force Spinola...