Word: dictatorship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...process of de-Maoification is under way in China. Last week, for example, the Peking daily Kwangming Jih Pao published an article arguing that a well-known polemic launching the Cultural Revolution-clearly inspired by Mao, if not written by him-was "counterrevolutionary" and a "signal to practice fascist dictatorship." Meanwhile, the memory of Teng's protector, pragmatic Premier Chou Enlai, is increasingly honored, and something of a cult of personality seems to be developing about Teng himself...
Eighty Tufts faculty members signed a letter protesting the grant last year, accusing Tufts administrators of lying about the nature of what the letter called "the Philippine dictatorship" justify accepting the gift. Students circulated a similar petition...
...fact, Western analysts in Moscow believe that Soviet leaders probably prefer the Shah to any Iranian government that would be likely to follow him. The Kremlin, they point out, would hardly benefit from a military dictatorship, a right-wing Islamic government or a prolonged period of instability. Moreover, the Shah has developed a good working relationship with Moscow over the years, including a large number of joint economic projects and the sale of Iranian natural gas to the Soviets. One of the opposition's complaints is that Tehran's sale of gas to Moscow enables the Soviets to sell their...
Harlan said yesterday, "I personally think him (Carvalho) one of the greatest witnesses of change in the world. He is a source of information and testimony of two deciding years of liberation and democracy in Europe. He has freed the country of the same kind of arbitrary rules of dictatorship that he is a victim...
...legal and economic structures must be totally overhauled if Nicaragua is to be able to use her abundant natural resources and national territory for her own development and thereby pull the country out of the poverty and oppression that have resulted from more than 40 years of imperialism and dictatorship...