Word: coalitionist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hitler, can rise to power. Adenauer has limitations, but he can at least be counted upon to seek better relations between Germany and the West. He will try to continue the free enterprise that has done so much to speed German recovery. He is a shrewd and able coalitionist at a time when a coalition government (without Communists) must succeed...
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, acting as leader of Britain's Conservative Party, made a blunder. Irked by the Tory defeat at Skipton (TIME, Jan. 24), he took a strong stand against Independent Bruce Dutton Briant, who had dared to oppose a Conservative Coalitionist in a Parliamentary by-election at Brighton. Said Churchill in a letter to Brighton voters: Briant's claim of supporting the Prime Minister, while running as an Independent, was a "swindle." Resentful Brightonians did not elect Briant, a local barrister, but they did give him enough votes to give the Conservatives a scare...
Last week, in a night session, the nine Coalitionist Senators walked out, left Popular Democratic Party Senators without a quorum. Muñoz Marin staggered from his sickbed to the Senate chamber. Doors and windows were closed to protect him from pneumonia. The crowded galleries set up a cheer. Muñoz Marin could not take the chair, sat wearing an overcoat and muffler, stifling his coughing in a handkerchief. The hall grew silent. With great difficulty, an expression of profound sadness on his features, he began: "Nothing, nothing, nothing can paralyze the Populares' task. I will be here...