Word: spain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Station Wagon in Spain, Keyes...
...Spain began in 1810. By rule, the President himself reads the declaration, or entrusts it to a high-ranking Cabinet minister. Three weeks ago, when Independence Day came around once more. President Adolfo Lopez Mateos shattered tradition. For the first time in history, he had the Grito read by a woman: Amalia de Castillo Ledon, Mexico's leading feminist and the Under Secretary of Education for Cultural Affairs...
After a swing through northern and western Honduras, 45 priests (from nine religious orders in six Latin American countries and Spain), who came to reinforce the local clergy, will move on next month to prepare for a similar blitz effort in neighboring Nicaragua. Said President Villeda Morales: "We reiterate our determination to put into divine hands the destiny of Honduras." Pope John XXIII declared that from the new dedication "the graces of heaven have been falling in torrents on your souls...
...Both dedications, inspired by two 17th century French saints, require Vatican approval, and entail a preparatory period by faithful Catholics of daily Mass and special instructions in church doctrine. Dedicated by their governments to the Sacred Heart: Ecuador (the first, in 1873), Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Brazil, Peru, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Malta and the Philippines. Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart: Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Ireland, Belgium and Spain...
...open annoyance of many jurists, first prize in painting went to Spain's Modesto Cuixart, 33, cousin but proclaimed rival of Spain's Antonio Tapies (TIME, March 16). Cuixart makes elegant mudpies, the blackest and heaviest in the notably gloomy Spanish exposition. Black may always be in fashion, especially in Spain. Yet the spirit of Goya is clearly not with Cuixart. He makes despair chic...