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Word: senor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hewn egalitarianism based mainly on the universal availability of social services, the disappearance of the foreign elite, and the nationalization of luxurious private homes, which are now available at moderate rents to vacationing Cubans. Much of the egalitarianism is symbolic, but it still has a perceptible effect on attitudes. Senor and Senorita have been discredited as the preferred form of address in favor of companero[a], comrade. Castro is never seen publicly in anything other than army fatigues, and other government officials wear work clothes...

Author: By Linda S. Drucker, | Title: Castro's Cuba: Stranger in a Strange Land | 9/21/1979 | See Source »

Figueroa, who had been having trouble getting his breaking stuff over, then came completely unstrung, giving up a two-run single to light-hitting Frank White. That blow made the score 5-0 and sent "Senor Stopper" to the showers...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Royals Crown Yankees, 10-4; Even A.L. Playoffs at One-All | 10/5/1978 | See Source »

...half-game up on the Baltimore Orioles (93-63), who dropped their game with Cleveland, 9-4. But it was the Yankees (96-59) who emerged as the big winners yesterday, sweeping the Blue Jays, 15-0 and 2-0, behind the shutout pitching of Ron Guidry, Ed. "Senor Stopper" Figueroa and Sparky Lyle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sox Win But Lose As Yanks Sweep | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...serve as a kind of bas-relief. The youthful (average age: 21) Harkness troupers have splendidly lithe bodies for ballet. They are uniformly well schooled and delight in showing off, even flaunting, their imposing technique. Unfortunately, the choreography they are called upon to perform is of a piece with Senor Senis-Oliver's mural: epicene, self-indulgent and fundamentally empty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: An Expense of Sprirt | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

...persistent use of the synthesizer as an extension of the piano, rather than as a gimmick. He uses it without wasting its potential and also without abusing it. But the core of any discussion of the man is his range. Corea absorbs and transmits ideas on the run. "Captain Senor Mouse" had that Latin infusion of style and tone, a lightness of attack and a notion of exploration. The feeling, finally, is that his piano work was nothing more than a dance through a field of potential notes, with stops at notes chosen randomly in an unconscious pattern. He deals...

Author: By Freddy Boyd, | Title: Miles's Favorite Child | 1/30/1974 | See Source »

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