Word: spanishing
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...When Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's new cabinet members took their oath of office before King Juan Carlos on Monday, one of them, the recently-appointed Defense Minister, stood out from the rest. Literally. Carme Chacón, 37, is not only the first woman to head Spain's armed forces. She is also seven months pregnant...
...Spanish feminists, the small shock of that moment is exactly the point. "It's an important image precisely because it conveys normality," says Marisa Sotelo, president of the Madrid' based Women's Foundation. "It serves a pedagogic function: it shows that women can be and are everywhere...
...began studying Yiddish her freshman year in part to satisfy Harvard’s language requirement. “Before I went to college, I decided that I had a language requirement to fulfill,” she said, “and I was sick and tired of Spanish so I would take Yiddish.” Surprisingly, Togut’s Yiddish leanings came not from a familial familiarity with the language, but rather from her love of Jewish culture in general. Though Togut insists that she doesn’t like language classes in the slightest...
Hailed as one of spain's greatest cinematic talents, screenwriter Rafael Azcona penned nearly 100 scripts over his prolific career, including several enduring works that examined his homeland's troubled past. Among the many tales he spun out of the jarring legacy of the Spanish Civil War, Belle Epoque earned him an Oscar for Best Screenplay in 1992. The film, which marked the first major leading role of fellow Spaniard Penlope Cruz, harked back to a less complicated time, on the eve of dictator Francisco Franco's rise. With a deft ability to move between drama and levity, innocence...
...It’s really exciting to work in Spanish and to explore a different culture, as well as practice our engineering skills,” says Elena C. Castaneda ’08, a native Spanish speaker who heads the Construction Committee, which she describes as building “easy, sustainable, inexpensive wells...