Word: ant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Portugal's 79-year-old President, Américo Thomaz, retreated to the barracks of a loyal regiment of lancers. Before surrendering, Caetano, in an effort to preserve the dignity of the state, asked if he could formally turn over the powers of his office to General António de Spínola, the spiritual leader of the rebellion, rather than let the government "fall in the streets." Spínola, who claimed to be aloof from the plotting, replied that he would have to consult the junior officers who had led the coup...
...cheers of a waiting crowd, Spínola, who had been one of the country's best guerrilla fighters, entered Republican National Guard headquarters for what was reportedly a polite, even friendly talk with Caetano, who had governed Portugal since 1968 when Dictator António de Oliveira Salazar suffered a stroke. (Salazar died in 1970.) To emphasize the continuity of power despite the coup, the general went to Lisbon's Portela Airport the next morning to bid farewell to Caetano, Thomaz and their senior Cabinet Ministers; they were jetted to exile on the tourist island of Madeira...
...must transcend the one-dimensional analysis of black culture which neglects its existential constituent and the insipid exaltation of black culture which ignores its functional component. This transcendence is accomplished by recognizing the existential need to preserve black cultural uniqueness ant the functional demand of achievement-orientedness within the black cultural perimeters--such is the golden mean to which black culture must adhere if it is to meet the challenges of post-industrial society...
Five years ago, when illness forced Dictator António de Oliveira Salazar to end his 36-year reign, it seemed as though Portugal, like Rip Van Winkle, were awakening after a long sleep. Marcello Caetano, then a 62-year-old law professor, became the new Premier, bringing bright young technocrats into the government, reforming the antiquated educational system, and loosening the government's repressive hand on civil liberties. Last week, however, as Portuguese voters went to the polls to elect a new National Assembly, it was clear that Portugal, unlike Rip Van Winkle, had gone back to sleep...
...prosecutors, O'Brien replied: "What do you want to do a stupid thing like that for?" He even fell asleep while listening to Porter. Magruder's attorney, said Porter, was equally unsympathetic. "He looked at me rather incredulously and said: 'My God, you are an ant. You are nothing. Do you realize the whole course of history is going to be changed?' I said no, I didn't, but I knew what my worries were...