Word: mercurio
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week even those who thought his blasts quite severe protested that slaps and shoves were not a proper answer. "An offense to culture," huffed the dignified El Mercurio. The day after the Paray slapping, Goldschmidt did his cause no harm by writing that he had rather liked the first part of the concert but that he had to leave hurriedly at intermission time...
...Rosalia Mercurio Di Maqgio, 66, plump, Italian-born mother of Baseballers Joe, Vince and Dominic Di Maggio, two other sons, four daughters, passed her naturalization test in San Francisco's Superior Court with flying colors, became a U.S. citizen. Papa Joseph Di Maggio Sr., 72, flunked his, was told he could try again...
Upmost Caudillo. Belatedly, Colonel Perón and the Government tried to tone down the interview after they saw it in cold print in the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio. Perón claimed misunderstanding and misuse of off-the-record statements. Said a canny Argentine: "He doesn't say he didn't mean it; he says he didn't mean it to be published...
...Mercurio also quoted President Ramirez: "The great majority of Argentines are in favor of a democratic victory, but that does not mean that they are rupturists [i.e., in favor of breaking with Germany]. The sentiment of Argentina is Catholic. Catholic propaganda is of peace and love toward nations. . . . The present policy [neutrality] will be maintained until external circumstances indicate convenience to modify...
Argentines knew, and President Ramirez knew, that these were the words of a President who had become a figurehead. El Mercurio put the spotlight on Argentina's real leadership-the Army clique behind Ramirez. It said: "If the tide flows on as now and if there are not international complications, Colonel Perón can be, in a short time, the upmost Caudillo of the Argentine Republic...