Word: antonios
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...troubled world of the 20th century can boast no better-mannered or more enduring dictatorship than that of Portugal's ascetic, self-effacing Antonio de Oliveira Salazar. After about 21 years of would-be democracy, characterized largely by repeated bloodshed, revolution, and 40-odd changes of government, the Portuguese in 1932 were only too glad to turn their problems over to Dictator Salazar, who has been running the country with quiet efficiency and no organized opposition ever since. The rare eccentric who dares to raise his voice against the regime gets so little popular support that Salazar can afford...
Last week, with similar equanimity, Lawyer Zoli, 69, took on an assignment which, sooner or later, would almost certainly cost him a few teeth politically. When courtly Antonio Segni resigned as Italy's Premier two weeks ago, the four-party coalition that has dominated Italian politics since 1953 was utterly shattered. The only alternative to the coalition, pending next spring's general elections, was what Italians call a "single color" government-an all-Christian Democratic Cabinet which, since it would lack an assured majority in the Chamber of Deputies, could probably only survive by ducking controversial issues...
Lawrence V. Willey, Jr., supervisor of airmen instructor training at Lackland Air Force Base at San Antonio, Texas, will become executive director of the Education School's Center for Field Studies on July...
When courtly Antonio Segni was named Premier of Italy in July 1955, Roman wags, who did not expect his government to survive the summer, promptly dubbed it "the seaside Cabinet." Last week when Summer Premier Segni finally handed in his resignation, he had been head of Italy's government for 22 months-longer than any Premier since Alcide de Gasperi...
When Segni took office, the four-party coalition which had dominated Italy since 1953 was falling apart. Wispy-white-maned Antonio Segni, who looks like a Shakespearean bit-player on short rations, seemed the last man in the world to repair it. To everyone's surprise, he promptly staged one of the most skillful displays of dosaggio (division of offices among rival factions) in postwar Italian history, not only revived the coalition but even managed to push through Parliament a series of overdue measures...