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...record so far, Perón has done just that. His regime has the authoritarian marks-extreme nationalism, the leader principle, an all-powerful state, a militant single party, intolerance of opposition and retention of the form of democracy without any of ts substance. But the Peróns have not yet followed Mussolini all the way along the lines of violence and overconfidence. They still act at times with a jerky uncertainty that betrays both lack of skill in governing so big a country and nervousness at the forces they control...
...inflation ate up their original pay rises, the workers turned again to the Peróns for help. Last November, the railway union, a much-favored Peronista outfit, demanded new increases. They were stalled off. Despite blarneying speeches by Evita, a rank & file strike started. The official press charged that the strikers were Reds. "We're not Communists," shouted pickets. "We're hungry Peronistas...
...voluminous literature published about the games dwelt at length on the Peróns' personal interest in sports. The opening of the games had been nicely timed to coincide with both the fifth anniversary of President Perón's election and the start of the Peronista party enrollment for the 1952 vote. Equally well timed was a little curtain-raiser...
...frescoed mansions of wealthy traders looked down on the colony's business section. Hong Kong's polyglot population-Chinese, Britons, Americans, Eurasians and White Russians-swirled along the narrow, arcaded sidewalks, pausing at the intersections to thread their way through a steady stream of Citroëns and Chevrolets, Buicks and Bentleys...
...Dissatisfactions. Trumpeted Republican National Chairman Guy Gabrielson: "The attempt ... to insinuate that Republican victory mea°ns a revival of isolationism is an unworthy fraud and deceit." Alexander Wiley announced that the results meant only a "closer supervision" of foreign aid funds. "There need not be fear that Congress will slash foreign aid with a meat ax," he said...