Word: loyal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first Harris appeared to be a moderate New Deal liberal who was loyal to his home state's ruling interests, including what he now refers to as "the oil-and-gas crowd." But gradually he moved left, partly under the influence of the Kennedy family and then as a member of the Kerner commission on civil disorders. He was a principal author, along with New York Mayor John Lindsay, of the report's conclusion that America was heading toward two nations-one black, one white. Hoping to be on the ticket with Hubert Humphrey in 1968, Harris...
Wherever Franco's armies triumphed, they lived up to their program, spreading death and destruction. When the civil war ended Franco ensured that there would remain no opposition by shooting thousands of prisoners loyal to the regime and imprisoning countless others. Since 1945 Spain has experienced the highest rate of economic growth in Europe. But Franco has not allowed the extensive new middle class and working class created by industrialization to participate in Spanish political life. The reins of power, today as in 1939, remain in the hands of hard line fascists in the army and the bureaucracy, committed...
...loyal sons of Harvard know so fear...
Cheney is tight-lipped and intensely loyal, but in contrast to the frequently brusque Rumsfeld, he is outwardly relaxed on the job. His long hours and increased responsibilities are likely to leave Cheney little time to indulge his passion for summer mountain-climbing expeditions in Wyoming and Colorado with his wife Lynne, to whom he was married in 1964. The Cheneys live with their two daughters, aged six and nine, in Bethesda...
...jail murders and the emotional Bengalis' reaction to the news apparently convinced the generals that it was time to oust the upstarts. Early Monday morning, soldiers loyal to the generals took up positions outside the presidential palace. As helicopters and MIGs made mock strafing runs over the palace, the majors negotiated a deal: surrender of power in exchange for safe-conduct passage for themselves and their families to Thailand. Among those who promptly applied for political asylum in the U.S. and Pakistan was Lieut. Colonel Sayed Farook Rahman, instigator of the August coup...