Word: fatherland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ruling his country, Ceausescu credits himself with keeping both Western imperialism and Soviet expansionism at bay. Summing up the lessons of Vlad's reign, one Rumanian historian notes, "The country can only prosper under authoritarian rule." More turgidly, another Communist analyst contends that Vlad exemplifies "love for the fatherland, undaunted support for the high ideals of the people [which] represent a material force capable of curbing the surge of even the mightiest power...
...Nazi schatze, y'know I fight for fatherland...
...palpable aura of authority, efficiency and intellect, Kohl cultivated a folksy, old-fashioned image. Implying that it was time to leave postwar apologetics behind, Kohl encouraged his audiences to take pride again in the traditional German virtues of "cleanliness, punctuality, dependability, savings and hard work." He talked of "the fatherland" and occasionally led campaign rallies in singing the West German national anthem, Deutschlandlied. Said Kohl: "We don't want nationalism, but we're entitled to a normal feeling of national pride...
...after the bank robbery. There was no mention in her account of times or places, such as the apartment in San Francisco, where her underground name, Tania, was found in May 1974 signed to a fiery slogan written on a wall: "Patria O Muerte, Venceremos" (Fatherland or death, we shall overcome). She maintained that she was living in a "fog" and a "perpetual state of terror." Then, recently, she began to experience "lucid intervals," and, wanting to get in touch with her parents, returned to San Francisco. But she was so disoriented that she had not been able to make...
...Strongman Juan Velasco Alvarado was ousted, and left the palace freely for his home in the suburb of Chaclacayo. His No. 2 man, Francisco Morales Bermudez, took his place. The change, the new government said rather vaguely, would not only end "personality cults" but would also ensure a "free fatherland...