Word: martial
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Despite martial law and political stalemate, the killings which characterized Gómez' election campaign had not ended. Bragged one police lieutenant: "We're killing a thousand a week in the country. We figure we've got 15,000 to go." In Bogota particularly, murders, rapes and other violence by the police seemed to be increasing...
...civilian. "The President receives his compensation for his services rendered as Chief Executive of the nation, not for the individual parts of his duties," he ruled. ". . . The President does not enlist in and is not inducted or drafted into the armed forces. Nor is he subject to court-martial or other military discipline...
These sounds across the nation were only an industrial murmur. The most reverberating martial noises came from the West Coast. For several days last week, vehicles rolled along Route 101 from the Marines' Camp Pendleton to the Navy's station at San Diego. Forty-five-ton Pershing tanks lumbered across the beach and into LCTs. Buses disgorged men in green camouflaged uniforms who boarded attack transports...
...kids, drenched, tired, their ears buzzing with martial music, hate-laden lies and head colds, began the long trek home. The holiday was over, and it was still raining...
...away as Calgary and Montreal. The Red Cross provided emergency funds for the needy. Thousands of other evacuees crowded into downtown Winnipeg, safe on relatively high ground. The city auditorium was turned into a dormitory. If the situation worsened drastically, Morton had a master plan for compulsory evacuation, under martial law, of as much as 75% of the city's 320,000 population. Food was stockpiled; emergency passes and ration cards were printed...