Word: domo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attack on the palace became imminent, Allende gathered his remnant of supporters in one room of the palace. "Gentlemen," he said, "I am staying." He asked everyone to leave; no one did. Allende then ordered the women to go to the office of the palace major-domo and told the men to take up combat positions. There was a 20-minute attack by infantry and tanks. During a brief truce, General Pinochet again called the palace, giving Allende 15 minutes to surrender. Once more the President refused. When the attack halted, the women in the palace−including...
During her tenant organizing efforts. Gill came into contact with Whitlock, who was then serving as President emeritus Nathan M. Pusey's assistant for community affairs. Whitlock remembers her as the sincere but strange "major-domo" for the Mt. Auburn St. building, who brought deteriorating conditions in the building to his attention so that Harvard could take action...