Word: figurehead
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...years at the head of Vietnamese Communism, he has weathered many storms and is such a father figure that he may never be toppled by anything short of death. But "Uncle Ho" is believed to have lost much control over his party and looks increasingly like a figurehead...
Sharing a Cell. Big Minh's "Military Revolutionary Committee" decided it would look better to have a civilian at least nominally at the head of the government, but they did not want another President. Named Premier was Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Diem's figurehead vice president since 1956, the highest-ranking Buddhist in Catholic Diem's regime. Like Minh, Tho is a southerner in a nation where regional loyalties are strong, and has been a close friend of Minh since the two shared the French prison cell...
...type who habitually sits in the front seat of his official limousine beside the driver, Tho has a reputation as a negotiator. Last June Tho negotiated a compromise pact between Buddhists and Diem, but the regime spurned it. Chances are that Premier Tho will remain as much of a figurehead as was Vice President...
...Arabia's King Saud, 61, returned to his desert capital of Riyadh last week. At the airport he received full honors and an embrace from his half-brother and heir, Crown Prince Feisal. But it was hardly a triumphal homecoming, for Saud is now no more than a figurehead ruler...
...Major General Tran Van Don, chief of the general staff and technically in charge of administering the country under martial law. Actually he commands only a bodyguard of 50 troops, and at the moment is considered a figurehead...