Word: spanishness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...boredom or nausea-despite the fact that he was in most ways as square as an unsoaked sugar cube. Reading him today is like taking a guided tour through the seven circles of the political hell that Western Europe built for itself on the bases of the Depression, (the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the cold war. There is no trace here of the characteristic vices of the political intelligentsia of his day ("The ching that frightens me about the modern intelligentsia is their inability to see that human society must be based on common decency, whatever...
...TIME, indeed, harbored at least one genuine reactionary. Described by Luce as a man with the viewpoint of an "18th century gentleman," Laird Goldsborough served for 13 years as Foreign News editor. Devoted to property and royalty, he took Mussolini's side in the Ethiopian war During the Spanish Civil War, he characterized the Loyalists in TIME as a regime of "Socialists, Communists and rattlebrained Liberals that had emptied the jails of cutthroats to defend itself...
...floors of the parking building (capacity: 300 cars) are given over to a mammoth gymnasium, a bowling alley and game and craft rooms. The recreation facilities are open year-round from early morning until 10 p.m. There are adult-education and hobby classes in everything from Spanish to candlemaking. These manifold activities help account for First Baptist's popularity, and all are free, except bowling. The costs are paid for by the church's capacious budget. Last year's budget of $1,801,124 was oversubscribed, and this year's outlay totals a record...
...week ended, Arias was still in police custody, as was Felix Villamedial, a 32-year-old teacher who donned a poster shortly after Arias set off. There were reports that more encartelados might be appearing soon in other Spanish cities...
...invariably of humble birth. He may be called the Demon Lover. In Ten-Thirty on a Summer Night, he is a Spanish workman on the run for killing his wife and her lover; he is rescued by the heroine in dramatic circumstances and fondly described as "her miracle, the storm murderer." In Moderate Cantabile, he is a French workman, again mysteriously connected with a recent murder, again with a sinister power over the heroine, who is frequently disturbed by "the silent agony of her loins." In L'Amante Anglaise, he turns up as the woodcutter Alfonso-an Italian this...