Word: peronization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...failed to last). But the blue-and-white American entry was quickly passed by Hawthorn in his grey D-Jag. Behind him was Moss in his Aston Martin. Fangio, the balding ex-bus driver who was the pampered protege of Argentina's deposed Dictator Juan Peron, ran an easy third...
Died. Lieut. General Eduardo Lonardi, 59, who overthrew the ten-year rule of Argentina's Strongman Juan Peron in last year's five-day revolution, served as provisional President for 50 days, until ousted by a palace coup (TIME, Nov. 21) for his moderate attitude toward defeated Peronistas; after long illness; in Buenos Aires' Central Military Hospital. Soft-spoken General Lonardi spent a year (1947-48) in Washington as Argentina's representative on the Inter-American Defense Board, was forced out of the army in 1951 for allegedly plotting against Peron. Jailed for eight months...
...House Forum, which has had discussions ranging from desegregation to Peron, and a Music Society, each present common room programs on alternate Wednesdays, and the Dunster Dunces, made up of House members, are a well-Known Cambridge singing ensemble...
...cash in his $25 million fortune to charity; the bulk of his art treasures, spread out over the six houses he owned in Europe, Argentina and New York, were willed to his home city, Barcelona. When Barcelona claimed the paintings, agreeing to pay $56,340 in death duties, Peron's government slapped an embargo on the old masters in Cambo's palatial Buenos Aires residence. Only last year, when diplomatic tempers had reached the boiling point, did Argentina relent...
Argentina's booted ex-Dictator Juan Perón was about to be booted again, this time from his refugee quarters in Panama's Hotel Washington. Official reason: his landlord is the U.S. Government, which runs the hotel for transients, not permanent guests, as Peron seems...