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...popular approval for their takeover. Certain that they would triumph, they permitted Kerensky's elections for a Constituent Assembly to be held. To their chagrin, they got only 175 seats out of 707. The delegates* had met for only 17 hours when Lenin ordered his soldiers to disband the Assembly forever. What Kerensky and the provisional governments' other well-meaning democrats had accomplished in eight months was little more than to provide Lenin with sufficient freedom to destroy them. Kerensky himself went into exile and lives today in New York City, aged 86. He is a humane...
...thousands of Boston Irish and many of them will travel back today to watch the 230th annual Boston Parade. The parade, filled with bands, politicians, Irish groups, and assorted celebrities, will kick off from Andrew Square at 1 p.m. It will wind its way through Southie and finally disband at Broadway around...
...been three years, one month and two weeks since the Beatles first rocked the U.S. That is about three years, one month and one week longer than many people thought they would last. Yet, despite occasional rumors that they will disband, the boys are still spinning out bestsellers, still at the top of the rock pile...
...Kurds were "our blood brothers." Aref freed five rebel leaders from house arrest and conceded two long-standing demands: a measure of local rule for Kurds, and Kurdish-language instruction in their schools. But Aref had a demand of his own. He wanted Rebel Chieftain Mullah Mustafa Barzani to disband his 15,000-man army, called pesh mergas (meaning "those willing to die for the cause"). Skeptically, Barzani refused...
There will be a presidential election next year-by indirect majority vote of Congress rather than direct popular vote. Castello Branco will not be a candidate. All existing political parties must disband and re-form under strict new rules, to eliminate all but the biggest. The government itself will form a "Party of the Revolution" and present a candidate to run for President...