Word: martialled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could take place on the terms of the Kuwaiti resistance." The ruling Sabah family has promised to respect the constitution of 1962 by holding parliamentary elections sometime after liberation. But the exiled opposition and resistance leaders are skeptical. The crown prince, Sheik Saad, has said he may install martial law first...
...between the army and the elected government of Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan. That seemed a reasonable judgment -- until the tanks began to roll. Just before noon last Saturday, the army staged an apparently bloodless coup. The military arrested the top leaders of the government, including the Prime Minister; imposed martial law; and suspended the 1978 constitution. The leader of the junta, General Sunthorn Kongsompong, 59, announced the takeover on state television and radio, proclaiming, "We are in control of everything." It was the 19th coup attempt -- of which 10 have been successful -- since Thailand's absolute monarchy was overthrown...
...stand the accused. Overlooked somehow in their summary court-martial, however, has been 50 years of history. Five decades ago, Germany and Japan were roundly reviled as the scourges of civilization, martial societies gone almost irredeemably mad. Amid the ashes of 1945, the two Axis allies were warned against ever taking a gun beyond their borders again. Children were taught that their fathers and grandfathers committed the worst crimes known to man. The governments were forced to rely on other nations for protection. War was wrong. Gradually, as the lessons sank in, both countries were allowed to rebuild their armed...
...matter how much he must depend on the armed forces, Gorbachev will have to think carefully before turning to martial law in the republics that defy him. All 15 of the republics -- with giant Russia in the lead -- are in some ways loosening the ties that bind them to Moscow, and despite the pervasiveness of the security forces, it is not clear they could hold them all in check at the same time. "If they have to crack down in lots of places," says an analyst in Washington, "that could create a revolutionary situation." The Soviet people can still...
...easily have graduated first in his class of 480, instead of 43rd, "but he did a lot of other things except study." He wrestled and played a bit of tennis and football. He sang tenor and conducted the chapel choir and loved listening to what Suddath calls the "uplifting" martial music of Wagner and Tchaikovsky's cannonading 1812 Overture -- "the sort that makes you feel on top of the world...