Word: generalissimoing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Stealing away from the Christmas Eve hubbub to bag a few partridges on the grounds of Madrid's El Pardo palace, Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 69, had fired off some 40 shots when the left barrel of his British Purdey suddenly exploded. "It is a matter of little importance," shrugged the icy-veined old soldier, surveying his bleeding left hand. "Give me a handkerchief to tie it up." The Caudillo seemed unfazed by the fact that had he been sighting along the horizon instead of upward over his head, the explosion might well have caught...
...degree, Paul is a graduate of Cornell (class of '41) and Yale Law School, as a partner in the up-and-coming New York legal firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has specialized in corporate and tax law. Reporting directly to the investigation's recently appointed generalissimo, Chicago Lawyer Milton Cohen, Chief Counsel Paul will oversee a staff of 25 lawyers searching for hanky-panky in the exchanges, will also direct the public hearings...
...months since the assassination of Trujillo, groups of varying position have emerged from the shadows in which they were forced to remain under the regime of the Generalissimo. The largest of these are moderates, though of course some are more moderate than others. The Communists have been exiled, Trujillo supporters have been silenced by the wave of popular demonstrations against them, and the moderate groups who seek free elections and a representative government to replace the system of despotism-cum-plunder of the Trujillo era appear to have reached agreement...
...surprising (for a country in which compromise politics has been absent for a generation) settlement vindicates the United States' decision to send its fleet into extra-territorial waters near the Dominican Republic at the moment when the Generalissimo's brothers appeared to be attempting a coup. One cannot be sure what Balaguer had in mind when he asked for U.S. support (other than the desire to stay in power); his recent action indicated a preference for the company of military leaders that might bring military dictatorship to the country. Certainly, one can doubt the sincerity of Balaguer's promises...
...escort patrolling just beyond the three-mile limit, liberty had already arrived. The Trujillo regime came tumbling down in the Dominican Republic last week, and a chartered DC-6 bore off to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 29 members of the Trujillo family. Would he ever return to the Dominican Republic? Generalissimo Héctor Trujillo was asked. He answered nonchalantly, sure: "After all, it's our country...