Word: santamaria
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...petticoat efficiency. Most important girl rebel was Celia Sanchez, an olive-skinned brunette of about 30. Castro's secretary and money handler, she was a key personage in the headquarters after Castro; captains and lieutenants moved on her orders as though the "commandante" had personally given them. Haydee Santamaria, 31, now the wife of Education Minister Armando Hart, joined the uprising after Batista's jailers killed her rebel fiance and brother. In Castro's casual headquarters she was a cook one moment, an adviser the next, finally went to the U.S. as contact and fund raiser...
...essential imports from the U.S." Colombia is suffering from a 3,000,000-bag coffee surplus. Without the dollars the coffee could bring in, the country can hardly keep up with its current U.S. commercial debts. The choice, outlined in April by Colombian Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Sanz de Santamaria: either the U.S. could grant a loan or Colombia would have to risk wrecking world coffee prices by dumping its surplus. In effect, the U.S. loan helped save the world coffee market...
...before last week's bullfights in Bogotá, the Colombian government announced cryptically that it was taking "fitting measures" to head off opposition "political manifestations'' in the huge Santamaria bull ring. The measures turned out to be novel as well as fitting: the regime bought $15,000 worth of tickets and distributed them to thousands of policemen, plainclothesmen and government employees. On bullfight day the official ticketholders were waved through the gates; other fans were carefully frisked for weapons...
Crowds gathered outside the building, for Don Francisco's windows were generously open. When Bank Manager Jose Santamaria sent plenipotentiaries upstairs with a request please to stop the noise, Don Francisco greeted them from his armchair where he lolled, walking stick between his knees, a glass of manzanilla in his hand. "Go away," he waved. "Let a man enjoy music in peace. Get back to your figures and books. Kindly disturb me no longer...
...clock, when the bank closed, the concert ended. At 4 o'clock, when the bank reopened, the music roared up again. Frantic Jose Santamaria went upstairs in person. "My dear friend," said Don Francisco grandly, "do come in and enjoy my little concert. These are the finest musicians in town. I discovered them. Won't you stay a while and have a drink with me?" Don Jose sputtered: "Stop this infernal racket or I shall call the police." "An excellent idea!" crowed the landlord. "Those poor chaps must get very bored in that dreary town hall...