Word: protectorates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Clement VI (1342-52), who proclaimed that his predecessors "had not known how to be Popes" and then began staging bacchanalia for his "niece" and his courtiers, Kelly says judiciously, "The charges brought by contemporaries against his sexual life cannot be explained away, but he was personally devout, a protector of the poor and needy who showed charity and courage when the Black Death appeared at Avignon in 1348-49, and defended the Jews when they were blamed for it." So he did know something about how to be Pope after...
...were six godparents, headed by Charles' brother Prince Andrew.) Diana's relationship with her mother-in-law is amiable but not close. "A bit like the Queen and the Prime Minister," says one source. "A healthy respect, but no great affection." The Queen, who is the staunchest, most vigilant protector of the monarchy, is nonetheless well pleased by Diana's invigoration of the crown...
...that Guatemala is ruled by the military. What's made them different from the militaries in other dictatorships has been that this small group of officers have become players in the country's economy. They've begun to take over industry and agriculture and become no longer simply the protector of the dominant class, but have actually become part of the dominant class themselves. Through their repression or whatever means they use to maintain themselves, they're doing it very much to maintain the spoils of that power...
...them [injuries] out of his mind, says Corbin. "Make does a lot of the trap blocking, is a good pass protector and leads Vignali and Santiago out of the sweeps, Without him?" adds, Corbin, not answering and preferring not to think about...
...military in Aquino's death so graciously received by Marcos and so tepidly greeted by the public? Chiefly because Agrava failed to include one important name among the alleged conspirators: Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Fabian Ver, 64, Marcos' cousin, close confidant and most powerful protector...