Word: palabra
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have had the inside track in Argentina. Britain is traditionally Argentina's best customer, and one of her chief suppliers. The railways are British-owned and operated, 5 o'clock tea at Harrods is British, futbol is British. When an Argentine pledges his honor he gives the palabra de ingles, "the word of an Englishman...
...outside Europe. Everywhere on his editors' and writers' tables the swastika has been industriously whittled; between sips of yerba maté he corrupts all the news he can lay his hands on. There are also the Communist La Hora, the Japanese Momenta Argentina and the British Libre Palabra. Through the distribution by various governments of free features and news, some provincial newspapers have taken .on the appearance of propaganda sheets...
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