Word: addresses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...exercised solely through the Cabinetland Premier, as prescribed in the new constitution that was overwhelmingly ratified last September. Papadopoulos appointed a commission of jurists and civil servants to draw up the 25 or so laws that are needed to implement the precepts of the constitution. In a nationwide radio address, Papadopoulos promised to ease the country's rigid revolutionary rule and to introduce extensive social re forms. The thrust of his actions in dicated that the initial military phase of the revolution had ended and that Phase 2, which would be political in nature, had now begun...
...recruiters had stated that they would address the crowd of demonstrators and onlookers at 12:40 p.m. But when the recruiters left the building at 1 p.m. instead of talking to the students, they walked through the picket line saying only, "We have nothing to say at this time...
...head of government 21 months ago, after a stroke crippled António de Oliveira Salazar and ended the old dictator's 36 years of repressive rule. Portugal's democrats and intellectuals hoped that Caetano would announce the liberalizing reforms that he had promised in his inaugural address...
...Ground-Two Dos. Do relax. The Castro regime notwithstanding, most Cubans are indeed friendly, and they will make your layover as comfortable as possible, once formalities have been concluded. These include movie and still photography of all arriving passengers and a routine interrogation: name, address, citizenship and date of last smallpox inoculation. If you are not carrying your International Certificates for Vaccination, you may be inoculated on the spot or, worse, quarantined at the airport...
Later in the day, Sam Brown, a former Harvard Divinity student, called the conference "a tragic failure." He accused the participants of lacking passion in their discussion of world problems and of failing to address crucial moral questions...