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...official Spanish policy continues on its present course, it will ensure the extinction of one of the oldest cultures in Western Europe. The Basque people were the first to thrive on the peninsula. For centuries they inhabited the Pyrenees as farmers and shepherds and there is evidence that their expertise as shipbuilders--a ship in Columbus' expedition to the New World was built by Basques--preceded that of the Norwegians. But their unique language and customs were never assimilated into the mainstream of Spanish life and the subjugation of this strong and independent people has become a tragedy of Spanish...
Life as Usual. Even the military, which ultimately may determine who rules and what policies will be pursued, remains a political mystery. Its oldest officers and the veterans of the Blue Division (the volunteers who fought alongside the Nazis in World War II) back the bunker. Other key officers like former army Chief of Staff Manuel Díez Alegría openly advocate gradual, democratic reforms leading to a politically pluralistic Spain. Several hundred radicalized young officers who call themselves the Democratic Military Union have circulated an ideario (statement of ideas) that demands "democratic freedoms, reforms leading...
...Establishment-the Movimiento National (the sole party allowed), the military and Franco's family. His goal: to gain enough backing to allow him to tell the enfeebled dictator it was time to step aside. Only the family members and some of Franco's closest and oldest aides refused to concur. When told about the doctors' announcement of Franco's setback, Arias apparently rushed to El Pardo Palace to get a signature on a document transferring authority to Juan Carlos. The doctors, however, stopped the Premier from entering the sickroom, warning that "it would kill Franco...
Consequently, many women still believe they need their own financial institutions. In the past two years, about a dozen credit unions operated primarily by and for women have been started around the country; at least six more are scheduled to open in the next few months. The oldest, the Feminist Federal Credit Union in Detroit, was chartered in August 1973 with 50 accounts totaling $20,000; today it has 2,600 members and deposits of $580,000. Generally, the credit unions accept deposits from and make loans to members of feminist organizations-including some...
Irony and Narrative. Next to Miro and Dubuffet, the oldest painter in the show is Jean Helion. Having been one of the leading abstract artists in France between the wars, Helion returned to figuration in 1947. "I looked through my studio window," he recalls, "and I found that the outside world was more beautiful than my picture." He is now 71 and at the height of his powers. What pervades his paintings is a wry and original sense of human stance and gesture; under the cubist planes of the surface lies a marked appetite for the sensuality of commonplace things...