Word: madrid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...December 1950, this question had its inevitable answer. Stanton Griffis was sent to Madrid as ambassador with instructions to prepare the way for bringing Spain into the European defense setup. He did his job. Last week Washington's decisions and Griffis' work bore two fruits...
...Admiral Forrest Sherman, who was to die a few days later (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), talked with Franco in Madrid and reached a preliminary agreement that should lead to U.S. air and naval bases in Spain in return for U.S. economic...
...Pretender Don Juan, reported last week to be the official (i.e., Franco-approved) candidate for the Spanish throne. A shy, spoiled teenager, who is maturing rapidly, Juanito was born in exile in Rome, never set foot in Spain until 1948, when General Franco invited him to study in Madrid. This year, in his fourth year exams at Madrid's blueblood St. Isidro high school-nimble-minded Juanito chalked up grades fit for a king in geography and history, still found time for bicycling, boxing and soccer. Biggest obstacle between Juanito and the throne: Franco's endorsement...
...year-old patriarch of Spanish art critics limped scornfully out of Madrid's baroque Crystal Palace. What shocked him, and many another Spaniard, was an exhibit of religious art from Roman Catholic mission fields. Traditionalist Spaniards looked with anger upon the freedom with which the faraway artists had rendered scantily clad Virgins, Chinese Holy Families, Indian Gods squatting Buddha-like-all dominated by a huge statue of Christ dressed as a sannyasi (Hindu ascetic) renouncing this world...
When the U.S. Embassy in Madrid recently returned a half-forgotten Gilbert...