Word: spanishness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Elizabeth II, who will formally confer knighthood on Sir Francis next week in an unusual out-of-palace ceremony at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. She will use the same sword presented by Elizabeth I to Sir Francis Drake after he brought home a plundered treasure from the Spanish Main nearly four centuries ago. Chichester's Gipsy Moth IV did not bring back such a glistening cargo; a more modern type of loot awaited her intrepid skipper on shore...
...allegation by Manhattan's Art Dealers Association of America that his personal collection of French moderns may contain as many as 44 fakes (TIME, May 19). But this has not kept Meadows from plunging again. Last week he announced that he had bought 13 more paintings, mainly by Spanish masters, valued at $2,000,000 and destined for Southern Methodist University. This time when Meadows went to market, however, it was with a difference. Rather than put his trust in itinerant art dealers, he bought from Manhattan's top galleries. And to advise...
...College Board Language Achievement Test do not (contrary to your report in Monday's paper) have to "take and pass two full courses in a language to graduate from Harvard." They have to get 560 on the test we use at Harvard, which for French, German, and Spanish is the Modern Language Association Classroom Test, the scores of which are equated with the CEEB scores. How he upgrades his ability is a matter of his own choice. Some go to Europe. Most take a semester or more in our language department. No one has to "take and pass two full...
Quietly and cautiously, the Spanish government set about looking for a partner-preferably a U.S. firm that could bring in both capital and technical know-how. In March 1965, bids were solicited from some 30 companies, including British, German and Japanese. Each competitor sought out representatives in Madrid with the best contacts and noblest titles that could be found...
Throughout the negotiations, the venture had been discussed as a joint Spanish-American undertaking, with 45% going to the U.S. partner. But last March, when Madrid decided to strengthen its bid for a link with the Common Market, it seemed a good idea for Spain to show itself as Europe-oriented by offering Common Market companies a piece of the Sahara bonanza. That piece, of course, was to come out of the American share. I.M.C. was first to guess what was going on. Boldly, it lowered its demand for 45% participation...