Word: peruvian
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...date, some 550,000 acres have been turned over to 17,000 peasant families. For the land-hungry Indian this is too little, too slow. Half a dozen times in the past six months, Peruvian army troops have been sent to turn back large groups of impatient peasants invading haciendas in the Andean highlands. Early this month soldiers were forced to fire on 300 Indians who descended on a ranch north of Lima, killing three squatters and wounding two. So strong is the pressure that the government is sidestepping its careful, step-by-step program and plunging ahead...
...ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN. Peter Shaffer's historical drama tosses a pebble of thought into a sea of spectacle. Although the resulting ripples are small, they are enough to give Christopher Plummer an opportunity to show consummate skill in playing a tortured Pizarro searching for Peruvian treasure and a rebirth of faith...
THEATER On Broadway THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN. Peter Shaffer's historical drama tosses a pebble of thought into a sea of spectacle. With consummate skill, Christopher Plummer plays a tortured Pizarro in search of Peruvian treasure and a rebirth of faith...
...Inca, immutable, glorious, incandescent. In another scene, bitter light stipples the Spanish soldiers' helmets and swords as they pantomime their nail-clawing ascent of the Andes, and the men seem wearily stitched into their grey-hued armor as if they had enlisted for eternity. Spookily, stylized Peruvian masks glare, peer and revolve in ritual chorus like puzzled primordial birds. Royal Hunt dazzles the eye as a spectacle...
...Either Peruvian Indians have the folk-rock singer look or Sonny and Cher have the Peruvian-Indian look-there is a strong resemblance in the pictures on pages...