Word: marias
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...victory was doubly impressive, since the referendum came four days after the kidnaping of Antonìo Maria Orìol y Urquijo, 63, an influential Basque financier who, as chief of the Council of State, is Spain's fourth-ranking official. Oriol was taken from his downtown Madrid office by gunmen from a leftist organization known as G.R.A.P.O. (First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Group), who at first demanded the release of 15, then all political prisoners from Spanish jails...
They are, however, a romantic people. During the evening I learned the story behind the song "Maria Bonita," which is 30 years old and more popular than ever in this latest version sung by Julio Iglesias. The songwriter, Augustin Lara, "one of the ugliest men in Mexico," fell in love with Maria, the most beautiful woman. "They married but she had other loves. You can't love as much if you have others...
Three of the defendants--Anthony B. Vaglica of Waltham, Carl Dixon of Jamaica Plain, and Louis R. Matha of Cambridge--received prison sentences ranging from 15 to 30 years. Maria Magna of Cambridge was convicted as an accomplice...
Died. Fernando Maria Castiella y Maiz, 68, Spanish Foreign Minister from 1957 until his ouster during a Cabinet shake-up in 1969; following a heart attack; in Madrid. Tall and powerfully built, Castiella fought with Franco's Blue Division shock troops alongside Nazi forces on the Russian front during World War II. As head of the Foreign Ministry, Castiella earned a reputation as a stubborn negotiator; he repeatedly drove tough bargains with the U.S. over military-base leases and doggedly-though unsuccessfully-strove to retrieve Gibraltar from British rule. Toward the end of his career, Castiella came under increasing...
...fourth person, Maria Magna of Cambridge, was convicted as an accessory to the crime...