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...received 50,000 marks (about $20,000) from a member of Brandt's Social Democratic Party to abstain in a secret vote of confidence on the Brandt coalition government. By not voting against Brandt, Steiner betrayed his own party, the opposition Christian Democratic Union (C.D.U.), which expected to oust the Chancellor (TIME...
...wretched rounds of golf (with balls supplied by Richard Nixon) or sailing in an assured, near professional style (he was an Olympic gold medalist in 1960). Deadly serious about his future, King Constantine, 33, has conscientiously kept up with Greek politics since the failure of a 1967 attempt to oust the junta forced him to flee his homeland...
...abroad and opposition leaders in Greece, including Caramanlis' old rivals, was overwhelmingly favorable. In Paris, Constantine Mitsotakis, whose liberal Center Union Party had long opposed Caramanlis' conservative National Radical Union, declared that the former Premier was the only man with the prestige and widespread support needed to oust the colonels. "He [is a] strong man who can be trusted," he added, "a man with firm principles...
Although many of the young supporters of AIM resented the presence of the press, the AIM leaders realized that the press was contributing to their hold on the besieged hamlet. Richard Wilson, the Tribal Council president whom AIM would like to oust, also realized the press's effect, and rammed a resolution through the Tribal Council that bars all non-residents from the reservation...
Greece's disorganized and ineffective political opposition is watching the student protest movement with unreserved delight. There seems to be little hope, however, that the demonstrations will topple the regime. Only the army could oust Papadopoulos, and it is still firmly controlled by the junta. Clearly, though, the government no longer controls the minds of the students, who seem to have been radicalized by events of recent weeks. As one leader put it last week: "We are the spearhead of the whole political movement now!" The mosquitoes, in short, are biting back...