Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...take over the Foreign Ministry himself, at least for the time being. (A logical replacement, Deputy Prime Minister Yigael Yadin, is in the hospital after suffering a heart attack.) But Dayan's departure is a sharp blow to the whole political future of the Begin regime. Opposition Leader Shimon Peres immediately called for Begin himself to resign and hold new elections. Although Begin is highly unlikely to take that course, his position is seriously weakened. Not only does Dayan have a considerable personal following, but other recent defections have narrowed the parliamentary majority of Begin's patchwork conservative...
More than that, in midweek a rumor flashed round the world: Brezhnev was dying or, indeed, was already dead. As had occurred half a dozen times in the past five years, the story spread that the Soviet leader had succumbed to one of his many ailments, which allegedly include emphysema, cancer of the jaw, heart disease, gout and leukemia. Kremlinologists pointed out that Brezhnev had not been seen in public since his return to Moscow two weeks ago from a state visit to East Germany. There observers had been shocked by the Soviet leader's shuffling walk, slurred speech...
...announcement about Brezhnev's health was imminent. In fact, the Moscow news show went on as scheduled. Meanwhile, Soviet embassies in the world's capitals were flooded with inquiries-especially after it was learned that three American specialists had performed eye surgery on a se nior Kremlin leader. (He was not Brezhnev but probably Politburo Member Mikhail Suslov, 76.) In New York City, Wall Street brokers picked up the tale of Brezhnev's death, passing it on to the New York banking community. On Capitol Hill, Senators went from office to office discussing the rumors...
...rioting was only part of a broad surge of unrest against Park's autocratic rule. Three days before the Pusan riots, all 69 opposition deputies in the 231-member National Assembly angrily resigned to protest the expulsion of their popular leader, New Democratic Party Chief Kim Young Sam. The assembly majority-carefully stacked with tame members appointed by Park-had voted to oust Kim after he attacked the government as "a basically dictatorial regime," called on the U.S. to "pressure" Park on behalf of human rights and declared that he was prepared to discuss reunification with North Korean Dictator...
Even though the 33 magazines have a joint circulation of 60 million, one editor at least had few illusions about their collective clout, especially head to head with Opposition Leader Phyllis Schlafly. Says Cosmo's Helen Gurley Brown: "All the women's magazines together may not be as effective as Phyllis Schlafly with her rabble-rousing TV appearances. But we hope reason will prevail...