Word: spain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their hair shorn off as in preparation for the guillotine and their necks bound by a thin red ribbon to simulate the cut of the knife. Trade thrived, and soon Louis' chief minister was declaring: "French fashions are to France what the mines of Peru are to Spain...
This was the most unequivocal pledge of British willingness to cooperate in "building Europe" ever made by a Briton in office. Eagerly, the 17 members of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (every Western European nation save Spain and Finland) agreed to hammer out concrete plans for the Free Trade Area by next July. As "coordinator," they selected an Englishman-Peter Thorneycroft...
Even the choice of the capital by an 11-5 vote represented a declaration of independence. A royal commission from London had plumped for Barbados, but prosperous Trinidad had the most to offer its smaller, poorer neighbors, and copped the prize. Port-of-Spain's No. 1 Calypso Singer King Sparrow chanted...
...RATE PESETAS will be sold by Spain to U.S. travelers. To spur foreign tourist trade and combat flourishing black market, the Franco government will let Americans deposit dollars in U.S. banks, pick up pesetas in Spain at rate of 46 to $1 v. current pegged rate of 38.95 per $1. Spain is also considering general devaluation of its weak peseta...
Marcelino. A miracle play, made in Spain, filled with a shining sweetness (TIME...