Word: madrid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thus Spain last week was treated to the rare spectacle of laymen trying to suppress a religious book. The hierarchy, having given its imprimatur, was not likely to withdraw it. Historic truth must be placed before petty local susceptibilities, editorialized Madrid's Catholic daily, Ya, adding that the behavior of the saint's grandfather proved that divine grace is not a hereditary privilege...
Charles Guy Fulke Greville, Earl of Warwick, 40, left England's autumn heat to spend five days as the house guest of Luisa Maria, Duchess of Valencia, the often-arrested monarchist gadfly of Franco Spain. After sightseeing in Madrid and a round of motoring, swimming and riding, the Earl presented the Duchess with a small memento of the occasion: a pair of Cartier's diamond cuff links bearing the Warwick coat of arms. The little interlude ended with gallant restraint as the Earl kissed his hostess' hand, boarded a plane and made his farewell: "Thank you, Luisa...
...spent much of his boyhood in the country, leading a life of camping and hunting. A visit to Europe helped to make him a patriot: a Spanish officer sneered at the colonies, and young Bolivar flared up in such a hot retort that he was "advised" to leave Madrid. Back home, he joined the radicals, and when fighting broke out, threw himself into the cause of the republic...
...bonds, and millions of pesetas in cash. The Trigos were beside themselves with joy. They uncorked the Manzanilla. The janitor and some friends stopped in to see what the commotion was about and left to publish the good tidings. By morning the news had spread to the papers in Madrid. Gifts poured in from fashion houses and perfume firms. A local bank placed a 100,000-peseta (about $9,000) checking account at Carmen's disposal. An elderly and aristocratic spinster, hired to teach the new marchioness etiquette, announced with finality: "I need no legal proof to realize that...
...Crooner Frank Sinatra (now on the hunt for a divorce), is on record as saying only that she is "terrific." Only one of the men who have pursued her does not share this impassioned discretion. Spanish Bullfighter Mario Cabre freely expressed his feelings at her departure from Madrid last spring in a book of poems. Excerpt...