Word: factions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There is also an anti-volcano faction. One eminent American astronomer, who does not want to commit himself publicly until he has digested still more evidence, is highly skeptical. He has examined Alphonsus and has seen no slightest change. He has heard that some Soviet astronomers have their doubts about Kozyrev. They suggest that "he thinks that it is his destiny to make a great discovery." When Kozyrev made the spectrograms, he did not mention them to his colleagues at the Crimean Observatory. Instead, he rushed off to Moscow and a week later held a press conference to announce...
...strong Communist Party. Nenni condemned the Russian smashing of the Hungarian revolt, and privately he calls the Reds "black beasts." With this in mind, Fanfani designed his semi-Socialist program partly to tempt the Nenni Socialists into part-time support of his government. Alarmed, the right-wing Christian Democratic faction of ex-Premier Guiseppe Pella warned Fanfani that they would leave the party if they were "betrayed by this unnatural association with Marxism...
Aligned against Negrão de Lima was a faction that included Kubitschek's kitchen-cabinet foreign-affairs adviser, pudgy Augusto Frederico Schmidt. Schmidt's clique insisted that Brazil accept Russia's repeated offers of trade and aid, largely to lever the U.S. into greater generosity. Last October the government announced it was trading 20,000 bags of cocoa for 60,000 tons of Soviet crude. But the Russian oil turned out to be the same type of paraffin-heavy crude that Brazil is already forced to export for lack of refining capacity...
...Fulgencio Batista admired and respected the Timeslady. "Although Batista has no reason to be fond of our coverage," said Emanuel R. Freedman, the Times's foreign news editor and Ruby's boss, "she still enjoys his confidence." Ruby herself says simply: "I have good connections in every faction in Cuba...
...Halleck is very sad, on the one hand," Rudolph continued. "But, on the other hand, the 1958 election was a liberal victory. The Republicans seem to have taken the results to heart." Martin's 20-year term as GOP leader was ended by the so-called "liberal" faction of his party...