Word: loyalist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...departure of the wiry, chain-smoking D'Aubuisson was announced at the annual party congress in San Salvador. It was engineered, according to one ARENA loyalist, by party leaders anxious to project a "more palatable image." D'Aubuisson was replaced by Alfredo Cristiani, a 37-year-old graduate of Georgetown University's business school who has held prominent posts in El Salvador's coffee and cotton growers' associations...
Although three French loyalist parties won nearly 61% of the popular vote, their strength was concentrated in and around the capital of Noumea, which constitutes only one of the island's four electoral districts. The radical pro-independence party of Melanesian natives, or Kanaks, gained administrative control of the other three districts. In Paris, conservative opposition parties promised that if they wrest control of the French National Assembly from the Socialists next March, New Caledonians will be asked simply: Do you want to remain French...
...President could not afford to see his moral authority jeopardized in the eyes of an electorate already largely disenchanted with Socialist leadership. As Mitterrand attempted to defuse the Greenpeace scandal, his Defense Minister, + Charles Hernu, resigned, a tacit admission of French wrongdoing in the affair. Paul Quiles, a Mitterrand loyalist who had been Minister of Town Planning, Housing and Transport, was quickly named to replace him. In addition, Vice Admiral Pierre Lacoste, head of the French foreign espionage agency, was summarily sacked after he refused to answer pointed questions about secret- service missions to New Zealand...
...insurgents' action was carefully timed to take place when both the Prime Minister and General Arthit Kamlang-ek, Thailand's Supreme Commander, were out of the country. Before his departure, however, Prem had been informed by Thai intelligence that a coup might occur and alerted loyalist military brass. By 10 a.m. on the day of the coup attempt, an estimated 500 rebels found themselves squaring off against more than 1,000 loyalist troops near First Division headquarters, which also houses the army's main radio station. Without warning, rebel tanks and machine gunners opened fire. The action killed NBC Cameraman...
...concerned about inflation and have occasionally voted for a more restrictive monetary policy than Volcker wanted. Martin, Seger and Rice have been doves, sometimes voting for faster money growth. Volcker and Partee were the owls in the center, favoring a moderate course. The appointment of Johnson and another Reagan loyalist might give the doves a stronger hand...