Word: dictatorship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...obliterating China's own preCommunist past. Nor was that all. "We are not only stirring up a revolutionary storm in China," they cried, "we shall spread it over the whole world." As for anyone who dared to oppose the new trend, the Guards pledged to "reform him, impose dictatorship on him, and fight him until our bayonets are stained with blood...
...Sylvia died, and curious crowds pushed and shoved as a saddened Illia walked slowly through the streets behind his wife's casket. At the church, and later at the cemetery, the unruly throng tried to turn the sad occasion into an anti-Ongania demonstration by shouting, "Death to dictatorship!" and "The military trash cannot govern us!" Dazed and tearful, Illia ignored the shouts. After the ceremony, he retreated once more to his brother's home. His plans: to sell some of the gifts he received while President and with the money, plus contributions from friends, rent an apartment...
...wails of "But there's nothing for me!" are rapidly fading. From the U.S. collections, a woman can find something sparkling and appropriate for an embassy reception or dinner at the Colony-done in the elegant American style. Counsels Vogue's Diana Vreeland: "The days of fashion dictatorship are dead as mutton. Each of us has the opportunity for everything -to dress with individuality, suitability, gaiety, comfort, chic. You have only to take the opportunity-to use the New York collections for all they are worth...
Though two of Latin America's biggest nations - Argentina and Brazil -are under stiff military dictatorship, the rest of Latin America is generally going its constitutional way. Last week three countries had new Presidents...
...against every perturbation beneath it: "The party apparatus is superior not only to the state but to the party itself. Its solidarity and its stability do not depend upon an individual or upon a few individuals but on a structural system. Communist dictators come and go, but the Communist dictatorship remains...