Word: wente
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your June 15 article, "Spain: Nation in Trouble," you state: "Wisely spent, the $2 billion pumped into Spain [by the U.S.] during the past eight years might have gone far toward putting the country on its feet. But bureaucrats went on an ill-conceived spending spree...
That's Freedom. From the moment Fred realized he was in, he had only one thought: how to get out. One day he stole credentials belonging to a bunkroom buddy, went quietly over the hill and presented himself at a Trappist cloister under the first of his false identities: Anthony Ingolia. Demara was well aware that he had committed a crime, but at first he felt no guilt. Later, he was deeply disturbed by the Pearl Harbor attack. "I wanted to do my part," he has explained. "I like this country, you know. Where else but in America could...
...Demara went-on and on around the monastery circuit. In his 205, he was caught by the FBI and tried by the Navy for desertion in wartime. Demara conducted his own defense, drew a six-year sentence, and with time off for good behavior, he went free in 18 months...
This year, however, the Festival directors decided to have the jury draw up a list of specific painters, each of whom would then be invited to show three paintings. Invitations thus went out to 51 artists. Of these, 22 protested the non-democratic nature of the exhibit by refusing to participate...
This exhibit, however, did contain a lot of junk. For example, the fields of scratches that constituted Robert Partin's "Offing" and "In the Rain" surely did not merit showing. Nor did William Tokeshi's field of dashes; Tokeshi labeled it "No Title," and small wonder. Prizes of $250 went to four works, none of which was outstanding...