Word: governs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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officials say defiantly: "We demand the right to govern ourselves poorly." Mr. Everybody. For the near future, at least, a vast share of these problems will be the burden of Premier Benyoussef Benkhedda. Many observers feel that Benkhedda may not last as Premier, may be replaced by someone with a greater popular following or a stronger gift for political intrigue. One possible candidate: suave, wily Mohammed ben Bella, the F.L.N. 's "iron man," who is scheduled to be released from five years of French imprisonment at the ceasefire, along with four other F.L.N. leaders. But for a tran sition...
...Except for the Communists, no faction really wanted a serious government crisis before De Gaulle either won or definitely lost his Algerian gamble. But now France is once again open to the backbiting kind of party politicking that De Gaulle despises ("How can you govern a country that has 227 different varieties of cheeses?" he once contemptuously asked...
...notorious European leaders in the terrorist Secret Army Organization, 2) the F.L.N. wants a firm, detailed timetable on the French agreement to evacuate its army from Algeria within three years, 3) both sides must agree on the Moslem-European membership of the twelve-man Provisional Executive, which will temporarily govern Algeria...
...social and economic reforms. Despite Italy's vast new prosperity, millions south of Rome still live in desperate poverty. Fanfani wants public-works projects, stricter taxes and more schools. But the Christian Democrats were 26 seats short of a parliamentary majority (total number of seats: 596), had to govern with the support of smaller parties, and Fanfani's projects were blocked by the government's own allies, notably the conservative, free-enterprising Liberals. Hence Fanfani's decision to abandon the Liberals, instead cooperate with the left-wing Socialists, who favor his proposals...
...assassinate Venezuela's President Rómulo Betancourt. the sanctions were retained after the dictator's own assassination-as a warning to his successors against a new dictatorship. But after months of cliff-hanging crisis, the troubled country seems on the way to its first democratic government in 32 years. Last week a Swiss-style council of state, composed largely of anti-Trujillo business and professional men, was installed to govern the nation until free elections promised for next December. Trujillo's holdover President, Joaquin Balaguer. will turn over chief-executive duties to the council...