Word: juvento
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...tall, ambitious northern tribesman. To keep the various party factions happy, the election organizers agreed in advance on the makeup of a 56-member National Assembly, divided among virtually all political parties, including Olympio's Comité d'Union Unité Togolaise and its onetime youth wing, Juvento,* so that none has a majority. Backing up the whole package is Togo's French-trained army, whose discontent over low pay and manpower led to Olympio's overthrow. Its ranks have since been doubled...
...Perhaps the world's grandest party label, Juvento takes its name from the first letters of the French words: justice, union, vigilance, égalité, nationalisme, ténacité and optimisme...
Nevertheless, compared to the youthful hotheads of Togoland's vociferous Juvento Party, Olympic had turned out to be a moderate. The Juvento demand ouster of the French and union with Ghana. It was strange, of course, that the Ghanaians, who had so much to gain from Togoland's Juvento and so much to lose with Olympio, should be the very ones to warn of a Juvento plot against him. But the French apparently did not take time to think about that...
...against assassination: "Go away. I don't need you. If you want to sit up all night at the alert, go to your camp and do it, but leave me in peace." He went back to his dinner, chuckling. "A coup d'état by the Juvento?" he scoffed. "Nonsense. They are much too busy dividing themselves into factions. They haven't time ta plan...
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