Word: narciso
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...Narciso Rich, like Forester's Horatio Hornblower (TIME, May i, 1939), is capable of intelligent reflection; but he is not by nature a man of action. He is, rather, a sort of Leopold Bloom light-ballasted for a more adventurous sailing pace: plump, humane, timorous, uneasily involved in thoughts which set him, in the late Middle Ages, on the borderlands of heresy and of the Renaissance. Without quite understanding why, he has committed himself, in the middle of a tabby life, to sail with Columbus on his third voyage, as guardian of the Spanish King's interests...
...consistent and hot-headed an advocate of Philippine independence as a minor Filipino politician named Narciso Lapus. Because he disapproved of the appointment of Nicholas Roosevelt as vice-Governor of the Philippines in 1930, he challenged him to a duel, whereupon startled Herbert Hoover changed signals, appointed Mr. Roosevelt Minister to Hungary. Lately Narciso Lapus has been disturbed by the coolness which Philippine President Manuel Quezon and Quintin Paredes, Philippine Resident Commissioner in Washington, have displayed toward a House resolution-introduced by Representative Thomas O'Malley of Milwaukee-"to provide for the immediate and complete independence of the Philippine...
Last week Narciso Lapus cabled .from Manila to Commissioner Paredes...
...Finance?Narciso Bassols...
Almost immediately every one of the 470 sculptors was on his feet, demanding for himself the honor of making a speech on the first day of Spain's Republican Parliament. At the height of the uproar, when chandeliers shook with the din, Narciso Vasquez Lemus, the oldest Deputy, who was presiding, clapped his hat on his ancient cranium and adjourned the meeting. Two things were accomplished: Julian Besteiro, moderate Socialist leader, was elected President of the Assembly (Speaker of the House). Deputies, who dearly love their siestas, agreed that the Cortes should meet at 7 p. m., remain...