Word: plazas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lone assassin who was suspected of being an ultrarightist gunman. What turned the funeral into El Salvador's bloodiest episode this year was an explosion, either a genuine hand bomb or a "leaflet bomb" that flings handbills in the air. It occurred at the edge of Plaza Barrios where an estimated 50,000 mourners were gathered for the outdoor service for the archbishop. Armed leftist militants, primed for possible rightist provocation, apparently panicked at the blast and began firing wildly, sending the crowd surging toward the sanctuary of the cathedral. Some witnesses claimed that gunfire also came from soldiers...
...Argentina, before, during and after Juan and Eva Perón: "There is no history in Argentina. There are no archives; there are only graffiti and polemics and school lessons. Schoolchildren in white dust coats are regularly taken round the Cabildo building in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires to see the relics of the War of Independence. The event is glorious; it stands in isolation; it is not related, in the textbooks or in the popular mind, to what immediately followed: the loss of law, the seeking out of the enemy, endless civil wars, gangster rule...
...anybody stop Ronald Reagan? Not with Gerald Ford deciding to stay out of the race, after all. And not if one judged by the angry debate that four Republican candidates staged last week in Chicago's Continental Plaza Hotel. While Reagan looked on benignly, his rivals erupted into an exchange of accusations. George Bush charged John Anderson with wanting to cut Social Security payments, and Anderson interrupted, "That's not true." Illinois Congressman Philip Crane demanded to know whether Anderson would support the eventual G.O.P. winner, and Anderson retorted that he expected to be the winner...
...Plaza," "No-One Driving," and "A Blurred Girl," among others, succeed in part because these simple lyrics never stoop to simple-mindedness. Foxx, also varies the tracks, using his voice in more ways than you can shake a stick at. On "Plaza," he sings completely off key with a surprisingly effective result. A lot of thought has gone into the presentation of his basically unmalleable voice, and to almost universally excellent results...
Although the delegates spend most of their time working in committees, they have a dance scheduled tonight at the Park Plaza, and a party set for Sunday evening after the last official meeting...