Word: movement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...often arrived late-but it arrived, and was the best way we had of keeping in touch with what was going on right here. That Dec. 1 map showing which parts of Cuba were under Castro control was the first information many of us had that the July 26th movement had won control of so much of this island...
...Viva 26, "Viva Fidel," and "Viva Castro" are boldly scrawled everywhere, on doors, windows, automobiles, and lampposts. Even if there are no rebel soldiers present, which is seldom the case, the conversation on street corners seldom strays far from the topic of revolutionary movement, as it has not for the past several months. But the subject is different now; in the past the talk was of battles and raids, while now it concerns the latest developments in the slowly evolving democratic government, the trials, and the executions...
...Castro's supporters, the strength and foundation of the 26 July movement (so named after Castro's first battle against the Batista forces in 1953) lies in the omnipresent barbudos, the rebel soldiers who roamed the streets while I was in Havana, still armed with the rifles, pistols and knives with which they won their freedom. The name "barbudo" (beard) is derived from the fact that most of these men wore long beards and or curly hair. The beards are currently being retained by most of Castro's followers as a symbol of their identity, at least until they return...
...retain the respect of the Spanish-speaking countries south of the Rio Grande, it must quickly develop a realistic and sensible attitude toward Cuban internal affairs.The president of the student body of Havana University lies dead after being shot down in the gutter before the university. A student resistance movement was named after the date of his death, March 13, 1957. His successor met a similar fate...
...result of Elgar's experimentation is a work stately in movement, glowingly rich in orchestral texture and full of haunting harmonies. As performed by the Philharmonic last week, it had moving moments of penitential despair mixed with moments of ecstatic fulfillment climaxed by the soaring "Choir of the Angelicals...