Word: dico
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...born across the mountains from the great coastal cities of Brazil, in the impoverished town of Tres Coracoes. Nicknamed Dico by his family, he was called Pele by soccer friends, a word whose origins escape him. Dico shined shoes until he was discovered at the age of 11 by one of the country's premier players, Waldemar de Brito. Four years later, De Brito brought Pele to Sao Paulo and declared to the disbelieving directors of the professional team in Santos, "This boy will be the greatest soccer player in the world." He was quickly legend. By the next season...
...Dixi equidem et dico: ecquis domi est?' clamavit Pu magna voce...
...wound suffered by Monsignor Manuel Arteaga on the forehead on the night of the 12th of August in his palace on the Avenida del Puerto. Twenty stitches were necessary to close it, the task being accomplished by Dr. Anido in the operating room of the Centro Médico Quirürgico...
...last week, Lanza himself was feeling the urge to fly. The military authorities, reluctantly bowing before the winds of medical indignation, had booted him out of his hospital post. An ex-patient sued him, newspapers denounced him as a charlatan, and the Colegio Médico sent out bulletins warning other Latin American medical societies against him. Sadly, Lanza prepared to depart for Mexico...
Macbetto was Baritone Jess Walters, a 32-year-old Brooklynite of modest stature but big voice. Philadelphian Florence Kirk, 27, as his indomitable Lady, prowled and strode upstage & down, drove her soprano hard, managed by sheer intensity to make Via, ti dico, o maledetta! sound as if it really were Out, damned spot...