Word: aftermath
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...M.F.A.'s intrusion into the political process became nearly complete after Spinola ineptly allowed himself to be associated with a poorly planned, abortive rightist coup last March. In its aftermath, Spinola fled to Brazil, while the M.F.A. moved swiftly to institutionalize its power. A Revolutionary Council, composed entirely of military men, was endowed with sweeping legislative and administrative powers...
After leaving Ecuador in 1963. Agee was reassigned to Uruguay, a nation that--was though to be "soft on communism" and a potential trouble sport for U.S. policy. In the aftermath of the disastrous CIA-supported Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, the effort to isolate Cuba was at its height. Using the same basic tactics as in Ecuador, Agee worked to infiltrate the Uruguayan Left and the government in order to force a diplomatic break with Cuba. Once again the CIA was successful, as Uruguay imposed economic and political sanctions on Cuba in September...
...strike, many mayors are under severe pressure to capitulate to cries for ever inflating wages and fringes. Only seven states permit some strikes by government workers, but the workers increasingly ignore bans in other states. Their unions staged 380 strikes last year-and only 15 in 1958. In the aftermath of the recession, the number may increase this year as impecunious cities try to restrain wages or reduce work forces. Declared Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman: "The issue is who is going to manage the cities-the mayor or the city employees...
...AFTERMATH OF AN ACCORD
...government admitted that more than 870 people had been taken into custody (some observers believe the total is far higher). None of those detained under terms of the emergency decree will be able to appeal to the courts for release. Many details of the crackdown and its aftermath were hard to discern; for the first time since India won its independence from Britain in 1947, censorship was imposed not only on the country's press but on foreign journalists as well...