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...truth of this statement cannot be exaggerated. We can trace its reflection back to ancient figures such as Laban and Haman, or instead contemplate more recent oppressors such as Queen Isabella of Spain, Catherine the Great of Russia and Adolf Hitler...
...Spain has a well-established and notorious reputation for devastating other countries' fishing grounds. The EU has excluded Spain from some of its own fisheries; when Namibia won independence in 1990, one of its first acts as a nation was to kick out the greedy Spanish. Canadian officials discovered that the seized Spanish vessel had been fitted with a second bottom for tons of illicit catch, and that it possessed illegal secondary nets to trap protected species. Many sources inside the EU say privately that there is "a lot of admiration for what Canada did." But at the same time...
...Spain will have its first royal wedding in almost 90 years on Saturday, when Princess Elena Maria Isabel Domenica de Silos de Borbon y Grecia will marry Jaime Rafael Ramos Maria de Marichalar y Saenz de Tejada. But what will they call the kids?MONEY
...Mexico last December, allowing improved phone service to the U.S. Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's National Assembly and a key Castro adviser, wields a small stick: ``If the U.S. does not re-evaluate the embargo, its policy will become less relevant'' as countries like Canada, Mexico and Spain provide the economic links Cuba seeks and reap the profits...
This utter fluency in the art may account for Del Monaco's range. As a young director in small German cities such as Ulm and Dortmund, he was radical; he set a Butterfly in Saigon (long before Miss Saigon) and a Forza del Destino in Spain during the Civil War. But he is best known for productions that are traditional in concept, modern in their psychological astuteness and, occasionally, rude in their action. At the climax of the love duet in the Met's Butterfly, Pinkerton begins stripping his bride, who throws back her head in ecstasy. On opening night...