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Word: procuna (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Another is Luis Procuna, who has fought only three bulls this season and each time has been awarded (by acclamation) not only the right to cut off one or both ears of the slain bulls, but both ears and the tail (very high approval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Bad Season for Bulls | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

Sunday before last Procuna got this award for the third time in a bull fight in which he appeared with the idolized Silverio. Silverio won some applause for his handling of the first bull, then did badly with the next two (perhaps because the temperature was below freezing), and got whistles and catcalls from the crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Bad Season for Bulls | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

...Procuna did some brilliant work with a brave, black Piedras Negras bull named Meloncito. Stepping out with the muleta before the kill, Procuna stopped to salute a friend in the stands. As he did so Meloncito charged, tossed him, goring him in the thigh. He leaped to his feet smiling, played the bull brilliantly and then killed it. The crowd went mad as he limped out with his white pantaloon and stocking red with blood. At the infirmary they found his wound was four inches deep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Bad Season for Bulls | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

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