Word: monarchistic
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...period. A dozen more were jailed for signing the opposition's manifesto. Though candidates could be nominated only by petitions signed by 20 local electors, many opponents of the regime found that their backers had mysteriously been disqualified. None were allowed access to electoral rolls; election officials told monarchist candidates that their nomination papers had been filed "one minute too late." Only 59 opposition candidates managed to win government approval. So sure were Salazar's men of re-election that one National Assemblyman toured the U.S. throughout the campaign. After all, his opponent was in jail...
...Last week, after a show trial that featured abject confessions in old Stalinist tradition, Hoxha, who openly prefers Mao to Khrushchev' shot four Communist Party officials for "spying." The trial got not a word in the Russian press. Reason: though the spies were accused of working for "Greek monarchist-fascists, Yugoslav revisionists and American imperialists," they were actually Khrushchev sympathizers...
...Figuring that her five world records would make her all but unbeatable in swim-conscious Australia, the party invited Dawn to carry its banner but got a polite brush-off. "I understand one of the party's aims is to do away with the royal family." said loyal Monarchist Dawn. "I'm definitely against that. I'm an admirer of the royal family, and after all, I'm a British Empire and Commonwealth Games medalist...
Last week, together with five of his colleagues. Monarchist Satrústegui was hauled off to Madrid's Puerta del Sol police headquarters to explain himself. Released after two hours' questioning, Satrústegui emerged exultant. "The government is now weak," he said. "It cannot arrest me without doing great harm to itself." Satrústegui's remarks strongly suggested that the regime of Spain's 66-year-old Caudillo (leader) was in trouble-more trouble than usual. To some degree...
...reserves are down to a skimpy $57 million; dollar reserves are virtually exhausted. And despite an official ban on the existence of any political party except Franco's decrepit Falange, Spain abounds in opposition groups. Well known to Franco's police, they range from a clutch of monarchist factions to syndicalists and anarchists, all the way to the Communists, who though few in number, are well financed and gaining sympathizers, thanks to the government's endless plugging of the theme that the only choice open to Spain is "either Franco or Communism...