Word: madrid
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...expert on the "nuclear winter" theory, which holds that an atomic war would bring about a new ice age by raising dust that would block out the sun's rays, Alexandrov was last seen in Madrid on March 31. The Soviets have also lost an official from their embassy in Rome, Vitali Yurtchenko, who vanished without trace earlier this month. There are no signs that either man has defected to the West. Under discussion at the seminar is a plan to study the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons. The project would require a freer exchange of information than...
...signing, terrorists struck first in Madrid, killing an army colonel and his driver. Less than two hours later, an attendant in a garage below a Madrid department store spotted the terrorists' white Renault with a suspicious package inside. Police evacuated 8,000 people, but before the bomb could be defused, it exploded, killing a policeman. Later in the day, an ETA gunman fatally shot a naval petty officer in the Basque city of Bilbao. Declared Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez: "Some people are determined to stain a day of festivities with blood and mourning...
...local replies, "There aren't any potatoes either." Gonzalez responded with the one about Karl Marx returning from the grave and going on TV in Moscow to say, "Workers of the world--forgive me!" The First Lady let her hair down as well. During a visit to Madrid's School of Dramatic Arts and Dance, she was persuaded to join some young pupils in the flamenco. Said one dance instructor: "Her rhythm was good, but she should take time to learn to use her arms...
...more serious anti-American display occurred Sunday in Madrid, where Reagan was scheduled to begin a two-day state visit on Monday as the guest of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia. Some 500,000 protesters marched through the downtown area, burning American flags and calling Reagan a "murderer" and a "fascist...
When Reagan arrives in Madrid on May 6, he will probably be greeted by a host of anti-American demonstrators ranging from Trotskyite Communists to Spain's version of the German Greens. Because of security concerns, the President will confine his visit to the west side of Madrid, where the royal palace and Prime Minister's residence are located. On May 7, he will take a constitutional around the garden of El Pardo palace with King Juan Carlos and hold talks with Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez. The leaders may discuss Gonzalez's campaign to get Spain into NATO...