Word: perlis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...months Juan Perón's secretary, Spanish-born José Figuerola, had toiled in secret over the President's proposals for revising the battered Argentine constitution of 1853. Even the staunchest Peronistas had no inkling of the changes...
Last week Strongman Perón unveiled his secretary's handiwork. At a caucus of Peronista delegates in suburban Olivos, he explained his proposals for a solid 2½ hours. From a backdrop, San Martin the Liberator looked out upon the assembly; the shield of Argentina balanced his blown-up portrait. Only once did Perón break off: to introduce la Señora and her grey poodle, Negrita, to the delegates. When the Perón speech was over, most Argentines, well aware that the revisions would be steamrollered through next week's constitutional convention, wondered...
...only big surprise came when Perón reached Article 20, in which he introduced a brand-new concept of nationality. Foreigners who had lived in Argentina for two years, said the proposed new clause, must apply for citizenship...
...received among the participants, it does not have the same advantages as the House League. Although the HAA supplies equipment and referees as it does for the Houses, and Intramural Director Samborski contributes his help, there is no provision for trophies or managers' salaries. House athletic secretaries receive $150 per year and their assistants, $50, from the HAA. The freshman secretary's salary is paid from spare Union funds, and the team managers receive nothing. Moreover, as late-comers, the freshmen suffers more than anyone else from lack of facilities...
Officials of the Association believed that the program should begin by granting 100,000 scholarships and additional fellowships each year for a period of four years. The estimated cost of the plan would be $200,000,000 per year...