Word: loyalities
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strife that has paralyzed the nation. Zgharta is the home village of Lebanese President Suleiman Franjieh, a Maronite Christian and longtime political foe of Karami's. Indeed, the gunman alleged to have executed the Moslem bus riders is a distant relative of the President's.* Thus forces loyal to Lebanon's two highest officials were locked in a fight that was certain to have bitter political side effects...
...speeches at "The Field" this year all centered around Loyalty. Loyalty is a concept of much debate among the Unionists (those seeking to perpetuate union with the United Kingdom) since Enoch Powell, the Official Unionist M.P. from South Down said the week before that a proper Loyalist should be "loyal to the Crown in Parliament: the Parliament of the United Kingdom." Every Unionist faction had denounced Powell's commitment to Parliament by the Twelfth, supporting instead the "constitutional Protestant majority," for them the Crown...
...refused to broadcast his manifesto on the ground that it sounded unbelievable. He also generously allowed Rodriguez's wife and children to leave the palace, thereby giving away one of his few bargaining cards. Early Monday morning, Quito stations began broadcasting a roll call of officers who remained loyal to Rodriguez. Air force planes buzzed the occupied palace, which was soon surrounded by troops of the loyal Vencedores battalion. By 4 in the afternoon it was all over. The rebel troops surrendered, but in the confusion, Gonzalez−dressed in civilian clothes−somehow managed to walk...
Charlestown: "We are not violent and racist. But we are fiercely loyal to our community, and we believe in protecting our culture, our people and the quality of education. Now we've got to give it all up, everything we've worked years for. They want to bus our kids out of Charlestown to the crummy schools that nobody ever worked to change. We don't anticipate that a lot of our kids will be on those buses...
Peach: I am loyal to my class. It is the only reason I vote Labor, because the party is now run by bloody academics. It isn't the working class representing the working class any more...