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Show De Rivera'a Hoodoo The late Primo de Rivera Irad to lose. Any Spanish gypsy could have told him so right off. His name was composed of 13 letters, the kingdom he set out to save was that of Alfonso Al-fonso Thirteenth and he began his task on a thirteenth day of September. Septem-ber. Therefore Primo's fall before his recent death came when he had been 76 months at the helm 7 plus G are 13; or, if you will, after 6 years, 4 months and 13 daj's. Or, again, after 2326 days 2 plus 3 plus 2 plus 6 are 13. Of the year 19301 plus 9 plus 3 plus 0 are 13. Primo appointed 13 ministers. Put It as you will, Primo was doomed. His day would come according to his horoscope, said the superstitious An-dalusians, An-dalusians, Primo's countrymen, who cross their fingers hastily at the sight of a one-eyed man or a lizard and in' yoke Saint Maria to protect them. |