Word: docs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Haiti last week Duvalier was holding a "popular referendum" before he assumed office for life. It was only proper, said "Papa Doc," because "we have what is called a democracy." But in the dank, dark Caribbean nation, where almost 90% of the 4,500,000 population could not read the ballot, even Lou Harris could have predicted the outcome. Eight hours before the polls closed, the little doctor-turned-dictator appeared on the balcony of the presidential palace and graciously conceded victory. "Duvalier has won the battle," he told the obedient crowd. "He is already elected. I accept...
There is still a smattering of opposition to Duvalier in Haiti. Once in a while someone scratches "Caca Doc" (a Creole obscenity) instead of Papa Doc on the wall, and in a Port-au-Prince bar last week a sodden upper-class mulatto suddenly raised his voice: "How long must we stand here and suffer and be killed?" But most Haitians have resigned themselves to a numbing life under Duvalier. The dictator's 5,000-man Tonton Macoute roams the country ferreting out opposition and collecting "donations" from terrified businessmen. Even Duvalier's own henchmen live in mortal...
...last thing I remember, doc...
...Davidson, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, rose and said: "On behalf of all the organizations, I wish to say that while there are parts of your proposal that are not to our liking, we unanimously accept it." Now it was up to management, and Doc Wolfe summoned to Washington the presidents of nine railroads, who make up his advisory board...
Johnson and the railroad executives discussed at length the outstanding issues, then the Illinois Central's Wayne Johnston said quietly: "Mr. President, on behalf of the Illinois Central Railroad, I accept the proposal." Walter Tuohy, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio, began to add his assent, but Doc Wolfe interrupted. "Mr. President," he said in a hoarse voice, "on behalf of the carriers, I accept the proposal." The railroad labor dispute was over -after an angry disagreement that over the years went to three presidential fact-finding boards, the Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and countless times...