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MORALES We will never break off relations with the U.S. We're coming from a culture of dialogue, but dialogue without strong-arm pressures. We've met with Seńorita Condoleezza--a very nice woman--and they say they want to be partners with Bolivia. But I think we still need to understand each other's definition of democracy...
...prod this fopling across the stage and out of her sight. Her face flares in coquettish outrage at brash Basil's proffered kisses; she singes and melts at the same time. When she is onstage with the demented man of La Mancha, the tart seńorita turns spindrift. She not only sees his visions but sees around them. Her poignant movements tell everyone watching what she knows: she is the earthly incarnation of the Don's beloved Dulcinea and how sad that life and visions cannot meet. Gelsey is, in short, one of the most electric actresses now working...
...many years, Señorita de la Jara immersed herself in Inca history and painstakingly catalogued tocapus. But she failed to find what she was looking for: an Inca equivalent of the Rosetta stone, the key that opened ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to modern understanding. Finally, she turned her researches over to Barthel. With the same shrewdness that enabled him to decipher several Allied codes during World War II, Barthel made use of an important clue in her material. Many of the Inca vessels bore pictures as well as tocapus. In fact, one common scene portrayed the act of toasting...
...filmed television spots to prove that they wanted to sí as well as be seen, and flamenco dancers hammered out special sí seguidillas with their heels. To be sure that no one missed the message, billboards from Cádiz to Catalonia displayed a silky señorita in an overstuffed sweater, urging motorists to vote...
...prizefighters jewels of virtuosity. And woe betide the motorist who, after an accident, neglects to grease a police reporter's outstretched palm: next day's story may suggest the innocent driver was drunk or (if he is married) in the diverting company of an unidentified señorita...