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Word: belã (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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...feel like a bird that has been let I out of its cage." So said Portugal's Socialist Party Leader Mario Soares last week, after emerging from the country's presidential palace in Bel??m. In fact, the jowly, amiable politician, known as "Chubby Cheeks" among his countrymen, had just been fired as Premier by Portugal's President, General António Ramalho Eanes. After two years as Portugal's first freely elected Premier since the 1974 April revolution, Soares will leave office as soon as Eanes appoints another Premier. And when he goes, Soares will take the 11 Socialist members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: A Bird Uncaged | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

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