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...refused to approve a new law increasing personnel in the security forces and national fire department. Within half an hour Papadopoulos had been "requested" to succeed the general as Regent. Under pictures of Constantine and his Danish-born Queen Anne-Marie, Greece's undisputed strongman took an oath upon a gold-embossed Bible to uphold King, constitution and country. While a surprised Zoitakis was being notified of his dismissal, Papadopoulos accepted congratulations from the Cabinet. "Incidentally," he informed them, "you can still call me Mr. Prime Minister...
...bare outline of the legends: young Cuchulain, challenged by the warrior-Queen Aoife, defeats her in battle and that night begets a son by her. Years later, after taking an oath of allegiance to his king Conchubar, Cuchulain's son appears as a nameless young man who challenges Cuchulain at Conchubar's insistence, and is killed by his father. Learning the young man's identity, Cuchulain turns on Conchubar but is charmed into attacking the waves at the seashore instead. Finally, in his old age, weakened from loss of blood, Cuchulain meets Aoife again--who has come to kill...
...public record on this episode is blotted with falsehood. The aura of scandal hangs over the whole matter. If Mitchell says under oath what he said in the statement he issued it will be one of the most arrogant displays of perjury this committee has ever heard...
...Life. Later, the gunmen fought against the newly organized Free State government, because it had accepted partition and taken an oath of allegiance to the crown. Even when Eamon de Valera, a commander of the Easter Rebellion, took over as Free State Prime Minister in 1932, the I.R.A. kept up the struggle. De Valera was ultimately forced to round up and intern many of his old comrades in arms...
Heart to Heart. Moments after he took the oath of office, Bhutto accepted the retirement offers of seven generals, including Yahya himself. (Seven more were fired later in the week, as well as six top navy officers.) He appointed a new acting army commander, Lieut. General Gul Hasan, and assured younger officers that despite the defeat, they had nothing to be ashamed of: "You are the victims of a system...