Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After nearly 50 years of dictatorship at home and five centuries of increasingly futile imperialism overseas, the promises of freedom offered by the leaders of Portugal's April 25 coup were heady indeed. But last week, with the inevitability of a hangover the morning after a once-in-a-lifetime celebration, confusion and economic unrest replaced some of the jubilation. Portugal's troubles in Africa seemed as intractable as ever, and the sudden lifting of repression in Lisbon was spawning such ferment that it could lead to political chaos...
...expected to be named Provisional President, but other posts are being sought by politicians who until April 25 were either outlawed or at least barred from sitting in the rubber-stamp National Assembly. Socialist Leader Mario Soares, 49, who returned in triumph from Paris four days after the coup, proclaimed: "We are ready to assume the highest responsibilities of office." Another former exile and Soares' principal rival on the left, Communist Leader Alvaro Cunhal, 60, had no sooner unpacked his bags than he began negotiating with the junta for the job of Labor Minister. Because of the rigid discipline...
...expediency. But nothing could have been further from the truth--for even today, more than two years later, Bok still has never taken the statement back. Of course, he still hasn't found an ideal way of fulfilling it, either. It might have seemed as though last month's coup by Portuguese officers displeased with their country's colonial policy, followed by widely-publicized continuing ferment in both Portugal and its African colonies, gave Bok an excellent chance to carry out his pledge...
...last week that he was "not at that moment intimately informed" of the situation in Portugal might have seemed a shade inadequate from someone so sternly determined not to turn away from the problems of black Angolans. But when Bok explained that he was out of town when the coup took place, everything became clear. Once you leave Cambridge, everyone knows how hard it is to find a New York Times...
...freed, Karefa-Smart was warned that while there were no charges against him, he should leave the country, that anything could happen during a state of emergency. At first, he tried to see Stevens to ask why he could not remain in peace. But a minor coup sent Stevens to neighboring Guineau for troops. Karefa-Smart envisioned possible retribution for instigating the spirit of rebellion, and took Stevens' advice. He left again for America...