Word: dictatorship
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...others gave us curious glances. The droning sound of our bus contrasted with the intermittent chatter of our questions as we flooded our Cuban hosts with inquiries on the status of Cuban women, students' roles in a communist society, whether Fidel played basketball with the "masses," what was the "dictatorship of the proletariat...
...with. Now 52, Pérez began his political career at the age of 23 as personal secretary to Rómulo Betancourt - then President of the revolutionary junta that ruled from 1945 to 1948. When Betancourt's Democratic Action Party was outlawed in 1948 by the military dictatorship led by Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Pérez spent several years in prison and then in exile. Betancourt appointed Pérez Minister of the Interior when he resumed power...
...pleasantly refreshing, since one would expect that after repressive military rule, the people would turn to the left. Instead, they proved that they are among the most politically sophisticated people in the world. Their message could not be clearer: as much as they fear and hate a military dictatorship, they fear and hate a Communist takeover more...
...after the director died, but Richardson's survived, first as Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge (Winthrop and Kirkland Houses) later as Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott (who designed the Fogg, Old Quincy, Old Leverett, Burr) and now as Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott (New Quincy, Leverett Towers, Mather). In Richardson's case, a dictatorship bred something of a cooperative. In Wright's and others, it bred collapse...
...September 11, 1973, the Chilean military stages a coup. Allende is killed, the press is censored, civil rights are suspended, Congress is dissolved, thousands are executed, tens of thousands are imprisoned. A military dictatorship begins rule...