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...perhaps a natural mistake, but the entire meaning of democracy depends upon correcting it whenever the powerful slip into that delusion. Napoleon once wrote: "They charge me with the commission of great crimes. Men of my stamp do not commit crimes." Richard Nixon evidently had some such Napoleonic conception of his exemptions. In his interview with David Frost in 1977, Nixon stated his basic mistake: "Well, when the President does it, that means it is not illegal." If it had no other purpose or consequence, the agony of Watergate would have accomplished something if it succeeded in teaching Richard Nixon...
...country's land reform, thereby raising grave doubts about the future of the program that was initiated only two years ago with U.S. backing. The vote was a victory for the right-wing coalition led by Major Roberto d'Aubuisson. Declared former President José Napoleon Duarte, whose Christian Democrats opposed the measure: "It was strictly a political move to attack the poor people of El Salvador...
...Indeed, allows a close confidant, Mitterrand is already thinking in terms of a Socialist presidency lasting for 14 years-long enough "to penetrate French society with the kind of modifications that will be irreversible no matter what comes after-just as Louis XVIII did not try to reverse what Napoleon had done...
...Spanish governor ruled in somnolent serenity until 1806, when Spain was succumbing to Napoleon, and Spanish rule in Buenos Aires was attacked by the British. The Spanish governor of the Falklands decided to flee, leaving the islands without any government at all. The population dwindled to a few lawless gauchos and wandering fishermen...
...week wore on, however, the reasons for optimism began to fade. At first the election had looked like a stunning personal victory for Jose Napoleon Duarte, President of the civilian-military junta and the man backed by the U.S. because of his moderate reform policies. His centrist Christian Democratic Party led the balloting with a 40% plurality and 24 seats in the 60-member assembly, which will name an interim President, write a new constitution and organize national elections. The Christian Democrats hoped that after their strong showing they would easily be able to control the assembly by forming...