Word: castellana
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...travel and speak freely while in Cuba. And much of Carter's visit will have a human rights cast: a tour of the School for Social Workers (La Escuela de Trabajadores Sociales de Cojimar); a morning at the AIDS sanatorium "Los Cocos"; a discussion with the doctors at La Castellana Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center; and a luncheon hosted by farmers who want to export their agricultural goods to America...
Corot's small oils of subjects like the view from the Pincio across Santa Trinita del Monte and the panorama of Rome below, and his studies of rustic places like Civita Castellana, were never meant to be shown in public. Until 1849 none were. They were intended solely as preparations for larger studio compositions, but these rarely have the elan and directness of his first insights. For him they were triggers of memory. "After my excursions," he wrote, "I invite Nature to come and spend a few days at home with me; brush in hand, I hunt for nuts...
...signs of Spain's new international standing are abundant. Along the stately, tree-lined Paseo de la Castellana, a boulevard that runs through Madrid's main business district, a rush by foreign banks and other multinational companies to rent or buy scarce office space has helped raise real estate prices 20% over the past year. U.S., European and Japanese businessmen throng Spanish golf courses and savor Madrid's night life...
...Canary Islands that lie in the mid-Atlantic, 1000 miles off the coast of North Africa. It was the first course ever on Spanish territory. Another 12 years went by before golf gained a foothold on the Iberian mainland when the Madrid Polo Golf Club was established where the Castellana race track had once been...
...times last week this xenophobia became violent. While Franco addressed the rally, gangs of rightist youths roamed Madrid's streets, roughing up foreigners. Windows were smashed at the posh Castellana Hotel, apparently for no reason other than that the main entrance was flanked by poles flying foreign flags. The U.S., which did not join in the international denunciations, was pointedly spared such treatment. One group of young Franco supporters paused during a march in Madrid's diplomatic quarter to shake hands with the machine-gun-toting Spanish policemen guarding the U.S. embassy...