Word: matadores
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Barcelona group was soon joined by Senator Brewster of Maine and Congressman Cooley of North Carolina. In Madrid, Congressman Murphy took his wife to a bullfight. Just as the matador was about to dedicate his fourth bull to Mrs. Murphy, the heavens opened and torrential rain fell, the bullfight was called off, and Mrs. Murphy's brand-new black Spanish mantilla was ruined. "Never mind, dear," said Congressman Murphy, "we will be back next year and we will see another from the United States ambassador's box." (The U.S., Britain and France have signified their disapproval...
...pesos change hands with every spur-thrust. Thousands play la bolita, an illegal policy game paying off 80 t01 on the last two numbers of the regular winning National Lottery ticket. In the bullfight fans' cafés such as the Tupinamba, big money is bet on which matador will get the privilege of cutting off a bull's ear in the Sunday corrida...
...first minute of the first round. He launched a whistling left that staggered Bolanos and drew blood from his mouth. In the second round, a jolting overhand right almost closed the challenger's left eye. Thereafter, Bolanos stumbled around the ring, as helpless against Williams as a matador fighting a bull with a knife & fork...
...Madrazos, there are rewards far higher than this substantial income (about $162,000 a year). These rewards approach a peak when a breeder sees the carcass of one of his bulls being dragged around an arena, amid deafening oles, minus tail and ears, the tokens awarded to a matador for an especially glorious fight against an exceptionally fine bull. Says Don Pepe, hoisting his glass of manzanilla: "You feel, perhaps, that you've helped to create something noble, something brave, which knows how to die with greatness...
...difficult problem in creating a style that would reveal the emotions of the matador at work and tell what is happening in the arena. In describing the fight, the author presents the thoughts and feelings of the matador. At times, it is difficult to tell exactly what the bull has done, but the rapid tempo and the strong emotional grip of this description make up for the factual problem...