Word: salazar
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DIED. MIGUEL TORGA, 87, Portugal's most admired contemporary writer; in Coimbra. A practicing physician for most of his life despite his fame as a man of letters, Torga was a liberal socialist, atheist and nonconformist. He spent six months in the dungeons of Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar at the request of Francisco Franco, who was excoriated in Torga's A Criacao do Mundo (1939), which contained a description of post-civil war Spain. In 1941 Torga began his magnum opus Diario, 16 volumes of reflections on his life and times. ``I fought against age, I fought against...
...Iowa, last month won the first new insurance license Mexican authorities have issued to a foreign firm in more than 50 years. Principal has a 30% stake in a Mexican venture that markets insurance and pension plans. "The Mexican insurance industry needs a dose of marketing expertise," says Camilo Salazar, vice president of international operations for Principal...
Geraldo I. Salazar '95 said he went to the College Fest to escape a Sunday of studying. "I wanted to put off my work," he admitted, a large bag of freebies in hand...
Nick's Comedy Stop. 100 Warrenton St.,Boston. Angel Salazar and Dave Atell at 8:30 p.m.on Thursday, Oct., 8. Pam Stone and Jim Laulettaat 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9. Call482-0930 for more information...
...Salazar, who sleeps on a waterbed at home, saidthe liquid mattress insulates her from thenauseating motion of the California earth. "I cansleep through them," she said. "They're kind ofcool...