Word: authoritarian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cargo Space. Designer Vera Maxwell admits that the minibags "seemed terribly impractical to me at first." But, she adds, "we've finally come down to a great simplicity in clothes. The emphasis is on casual elegance. We all want something understated, not too authoritarian, and these bags work perfectly." Happily for Maxwell, her Ultrasuede dresses have been big sellers this year; in her view, Ultrasuede minibags "are just the solution for waste." And for crime. Most minis hardly hold more than mad money and a comb, but when attached to the body they make a difficult target for purse...
...bloody chaos of Spain's Civil War, the Prince spent his early childhood shuttling between the various homes in exile that his family established after Spain became a republic in 1931. Juan Carlos' moderately liberal father Don Juan preferred exile to life under Franco's authoritarian rule; in 1948, though, he agreed to have his son educated in Spain under Franco's guidance. Hostility toward the Bourbon heir from both rightists and left-wing antimonarchists was so intense that the ten-year-old Prince became a virtual prisoner in Las Jarillas, a heavily guarded Madrid estate...
...grand scheme that Franco devised for an orderly transfer of power to Juan Carlos was frustrated two years ago. While he had long wanted the Prince to have the title of head of state, el Caudillo also intended that the regime's authoritarian rule should be carried on by his closest friend, the ultraconservative Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, who for seven years had served as Franco's subservient Vice President. Thus in 1973 Franco transferred his titles of President and head of government to Carrero Blanco, 70, who presumably would have become the real power behind Juan Carlos...
...butter. Not all his views were so benign. When he was 80, he declared in the autobiographical Experiences that the U.S. (in Viet Nam) and Israel (in Palestine) were partners in colonialism. As recently as last year, he wrote in the Observer that fuel shortages might well lead to authoritarian governments in the West, but he added hopefully that "a society that is declining materially may be ascending spiritually." Indeed, his view of the future became almost mystical: "In the 21st century, human life is going to be a unity again in all its aspects...
...nearly four months since Prime Minister Indira Gandhi proclaimed a state of emergency in India and assumed authoritarian powers. Today critics of her policies-including some in Washington -are taking a cautious second look. This month a joint Indo-U.S. commission, designed to promote better relations, convened in Washington after a long delay. At the time, President Ford emphasized that Washington had great interest in the "strength, progress and economic viability of India." He said he was still anxious to visit India. TIME New Delhi Bureau Chief William Smith recently toured the country and cabled this assessment of Indian...