Word: general
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chances. But the real reason went deeper. "A purely Communist strike,' complained one Socialist leader. "If they succeed, they'll take all the credit. If they fail, they will blame us." So Spain's moderate opposition, of all varieties, did their most to make the general strike of 1959 a failure...
Franco's police, on special alert to head off the strike, arrested the Reds' mystery man, one "Jimenez Lara," on one of his underground trips into Spain. Most of the other 150 alleged "underground leaders" rounded up before the general strike were, however, non-Communist and Roman Catholic moderates who, though opposed to Franco, seek to disprove Franco's favorite propaganda line-"Either Franco or the Communists...
...charge. "Catch them coming home from Mass." Finally the church bell rang, and a small crowd-oldsters and children mostly, the young adults having sped by on their bicycles-gathered to hear the candidate for the grand, if ornamental, job of President of the Republic of Ireland. Portly General Sean MacEoin, 65, the "Blacksmith of Ballinalee," the man who in the Great Trouble "refused to have an anesthetic while having an English bullet removed from his body for fear that while unconscious he might betray his comrades," had all the proper credentials for Irish politics. But the fact remained...
...himself be used as a propaganda front man at Communist rallies. Kassem seems to believe everything the Reds have to say about the iniquities of the West. Still, he quietly rejects their more obvious efforts to gain more control in Iraq. To groups of soldiers last week, the general repeated his credo: "I shall never belong to any party. I advise you not to allow any specific party to penetrate your ranks...
...shock of un-Gandhian bloodshed in Kerala made Congress leaders reverse themselves. The first reason was moral: the realization that to oust a legally installed government by mass defiance would set a bad precedent for Indian democracy. One of India's most respected leaders, former Governor General C. Rajagopalachari. So, declared that the methods Gandhi used against the British were not justified "when there is a remedy open according to law." The second reason for the about-face was practical. What had really shaken the Congress Party's nerve was a Communist threat that, unless the Kerala campaign...