Word: spain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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High Maturity? Their efforts have only seemed to polarize Perón's following. From his exile in Spain, he promised to return to "save the people." Last December he made a ludicrously abortive attempt, was turned back in Rio. Today, most of Perón's top lieutenants privately concede the impossibility of el retorno. Perón is under tight restriction by the Spanish government, and he is aging. But he remains a symbol of strength in a country that lacks leadership. In Madrid last week he took a haughty view of the election. "The people...
...dispute between England and Spain over Gibraltar [March 5], I sympathize with the Spanish government. After all, how would we feel if England claimed Manhattan as one of her colonies...
Last week the U.S.'s gold stocks sank to a 26-year low: $14.8 billion. The Treasury let it be known that not only France and Spain but also Belgium, The Netherlands and Switzerland traded in dollars for gold during the last quarter of 1964. West Germany's leading private banker, Hermann Abs, privately urged his government to exchange some of its dollars for gold (Chancellor Erhard has turned him down so far). And the Common Market issued a scolding report, predicting that its members would drain off more U.S. gold unless the U.S. quickly put its house...
Scotch is aged in used barrels, which improve flavor and prevent undue evaporation. Best for the job are sherry-soaked, whiteoak barrels from Spain. Second best and far behind are used 50-gallon bourbon barrels from the U.S., in which most Scotch is matured. Because of rapidly rising Scotch demand and production, used bourbon barrels are becoming scarce, and have doubled in price over the past 18 months to $28 per cask...
...time she understands that her lover does not only want to love her; he also wants to own her, and this she cannot permit. A mature woman, she senses, cannot belong to anyone except herself. She therefore abandons both men, goes off to Spain to live alone in a rehabilitated villa-and apparently likes it. "It was rumored that she walked alone on the beach, at odd hours, just after dawn, just before nightfall." The neighbors could not understand why she did not marry...