Word: madrid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Spain in 1981 is a country divided by the 20th century. Half of it--the large, pseudo-cosmopolitan cities like Madrid and Barcelona--strives mightily to industrialize, modernize; computerize, and merge with the rest of Western Europe...
...Madrid, according to legend, became Spain's capital when Ferdinand drew lines from the corners of the country through the middle. They intersected at Madrid. The city is a curious mixture of ornate 16th century architecture and clean-cut neo-classical buildings constructed during the years of fascist rule. The most modern street, something of a cross between Boston's Newbury Street and New York's Fifth Avenue in atmosphere. Proudly bears the name Avenida de Generalissimo Franco...
...Madrid's post-putsch euphoria has faded fast...
...come now," said Gonzalez, "and the warning light has been lit." But, once again, Calvo-Sotelo rejected the offer, evidently out of fear that such a coalition would be too left of center for the military to tolerate. Despite the failed coup, the military's clout in Madrid remains as great as ever...
...hard line quickly made him the darling of the extreme right, but he could not have taken the Cortes without the Guardia Civil's willingness to follow orders-any orders. As it turned out, that no-questions-asked discipline showed up on both sides of the conflict in Madrid. Outside the parliament, hundreds of Guardias loyal to the government helped arrest their 200 comrades who were in the raiding force, some of whom insisted they had been told that they were going to rescue legislators who had been kidnaped by terrorists...