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Word: valencias (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...frontier guards at risk of life and limb. These smuggled words are the very avatar of Spanish honor. They are the stenographic minutes of the successful but mercilessly suppressed plea which Don José Sanchez Guerra, four times Prime Minister of Spain, made to a court martial in Valencia, before whom he stood accused of High Treason (TIME, Dec. 9). The 70-year-old rebel is living quietly in Madrid today with his daughters, and when he goes walking is sometimes cheered by irrepressible students of the University of Madrid who shout, "Long live Sanchez Guerra! Death to the Dictator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Blinding Flash | 1/6/1930 | See Source »

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