Word: constitutionalizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The man the Shah turned to was Shahpour Bakhtiar, 63, an outspoken opponent of the regime and a prominent member of the anti-Shah National Front. He too seemed to have compromised. Denying rumors that this was the first stage of a plan for the Shah to give up all...
Because the months of increasing violence have so hardened the positions of the Shah's enemies, the compromise could prove to be too little too late. The plan required him to accept the dictates of the long ignored 1906 Iranian constitution, and, in effect, begin to restore Iran to...
For 13 years, Houari Boumedienne ran Algeria like the battlefront commander he had been in the war for independence from France. He was not only his country's President but also its Minister of Defense, President of the Council of the Revolution and chief of the ruling National Liberation...
For the moment, the mantle of interim President fell to President of the National Assembly Rabah Bitat, 53, a member of the eight-man Council of the Revolution and one of the firebrands who played a pivotal role in ousting the French in 1962. Three years later, Bitat joined Boumedienne...
Carter actually had a solid basis for acting on his own in deciding to end relations with Taiwan and terminate the mutual defense treaty. The Constitution requires that treaties be ratified by the Senate but does not require a Senate vote on cancellation. Moreover, a clause in the Taiwan defense...