Word: spain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...opposition came from Communists and Socialists, who scattered their votes-in order to express their lively joy in the game of politics-among various minor candidates and even among some who were not candidates at all, such as ancient (82) Marshal Philippe Petain, recently appointed French Ambassador to Franco Spain (19 votes...
Last week, as post-war recriminations in Spain became more & more bitter, a physician named Jiniero Vidal swore to a blood-curdling story...
Although the U. S. is almost 100% in favor of China against Japan, contributions to China relief agencies are relatively as scarce as news of Chinese victories-today scarce indeed. U. S. sympathizers contributed more than $2,000,000 to Spain during its late war, but they have given much less to China; to the Church Committee for China Relief, only $268,709 since its founding last summer. John R. Mott, vice chairman of the Committee, declares that in China is "the greatest area and volume of relatively unrelieved human suffering of modern times"-30,000,000 people in need...
Catholics looked on the Society of Jesus with much suspicion before Pope Paul III formally approved it in 1540. In Spain, where Ignatius and his handful of followers begged and taught, he was twice jailed, often investigated, once haled before the Inquisition. In Paris, Ignatius cut an odd figure as a University student of 37. Author Marcuse places greater emphasis on Jesuit Loyola's physical activities than on the early turmoil of soul which produced the Spiritual Exercises, the extraordinary manual by which Jesuits are formed and live. But he does not slight the other distinctive aspect of Jesuitism...
...Boeing Clippers across to England last week. Captained by big, blond Harold Edward Gray, carrying a crew of eleven and nine technical experts as passengers, the big 314 stopped at Horta in the Azores, then went on to Lisbon, Portugal. From there it was a straight shot across Fascist Spain to the next stop, Marseille, but Captain Gray headed north to Bordeaux, then swung across France to Marseille. Unfavorable winds, said he with a poker face, prevented the flight across Spain...