Word: maddox
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Frankly, the leadership wants us to think they are liberalizing more than they are," Maddox said, adding that the elections were a gesture directed both internally and externally...
Internally, the election was intended as a "pressure valve" to relieve domestic tensions Maddox said. Tensions recently surfaced during the trial of a political dissident, he added...
...election was probably "engineered or guided by the leadership," and the results do not reflect any popular threat to its stability, Patrick G. Maddox, director of External Affairs for the Council on East Asian Studies, said yesterday...
There are no legally sanctioned opposition parties, Maddox said, adding that the "non-communist" winners are probably good citizens and local heroes...
...newly elected Governor Eugene Talmadge died in 1946 before taking office, Fortson kept pretenders to the throne at bay by hiding the state seal under his wheelchair cushion until the succession battle was resolved. In 1968 Fortson again demonstrated his determination by defying the wishes of Segregationist Governor Lester Maddox and lowering state flags to mark the death of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King...