Word: cabal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Ackermann refused Vellucci's request for early consideration of the order, Vellucci charged the mayor with "complete gag rule," and Danehy remarked that "this is government by cabal...
...Japan to American commerce, Emperor Komei passionately resisted the invasion, but in vain. So it was that Hirohito eventually "inherited from his great-grandfather a mission, which was to rid Asia of white men." As early as 1921, when Hirohito became regent for his ailing father, he organized a cabal of young officers notably including Major Hideki Tojo, to undertake any mission the throne desired. Bergamini insists that two years before the fighting broke out, Hirohito personally "directed his General Staff to plan...
...also be ruthless. In the past 16 months, she has moved to reshape the Indian political scene. Convinced that Indians had wearied of the slow-moving Syndicate cabal that ruled the party, Indira emerged triumphant from the party split that virtually stripped her foes of power. The split also left her with a minority government. Unable to ram controversial legislation through Parliament, foiled by the supreme court when she sought to abolish the maharajahs' privy purses, she decided to dissolve Parliament and try to win a greater majority. If she winds up with a two-thirds majority, she will...
...Army probed deeper into the sergeants' cabal, they eventually came up against Crum and his "friends." Last June, the Army placed Cole on involuntary retirement after demoting him to colonel and stripping him of medals. Crum has dropped from sight-presumably to sail his yacht in the South Pacific while charting his next move...
...Switzerland, returning to reopen her Paris salon in 1954 only to boost lagging perfume sales. Her jersey-and-tweed suits won a cool reception from the press, but soon nearly every knockoff house was competing to turn out the closest replica. Chanel had long since refused to join the cabal of Paris designers who tried to prevent style piracy. "I am not an artist," she insisted. "I want my dresses to go out on the street." Out they went by the thousands, easy to copy, because of the straightforward design, and cheap to produce, because the fabric was standard. Even...