Word: rebellion
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Faced with open rebellion, the Chancellor decided to act. Without warning Genscher, he met with President Karl Carstens and informed him that he intended to call for new elections. Schmidt's strategy was a long shot. First, he would have to ask for a vote of confidence in the Bundestag. By instructing S.P.D. members of parliament to abstain, he would arrange to lose the vote. Schmidt could then call for new elections, which would have to be held within 60 days. But there was one catch. Schmidt would need Opposition Leader Kohl's support for new elections. Otherwise...
...rock bands never die, they just give farewell concert tours. Can it be true? The Who, those open-throttled apostles of adolescent rebellion who once sang "Hope I die before I get old," will retire quietly like four old pensioners? Is Peter Townshend's flailing guitar now gently weeping for its lost youth? Confessing that touring is too difficult for "old guys like us," seraphic-looking Lead Singer Roger Daltrey, 38, has announced that their American journey-beginning this week with a sold-out date at the Capital Centre in Maryland-is their last waltz...
When questioned about his authoritarian powers and repressive tactics. Marcos usually tries to minimize their ugliness. But ultimately, he offers a simple justification for his dictatorial rule: it slaves off the threat of Communist rebellion and more important, enables the Philippines to develop its economic potential. As is often the case in such grand cost-benefit analyses, democracy and human rights are sacrificed for economic prosperity...
...appeared that Reagan had succeeded in keeping the conservative rebellion from spreading and had begun to turn the tide of opposition. His all-out fight had "slowed the erosion" of support for the bill, New York Republican Congressman Barber Conable told TIME Correspondent Neil MacNeill. "The rebellion isn't feeding on itself now. His strong intrusion has made people cautious...
...more effective base of operations for the Rapid Deployment Force. Warns one U.S. expert on Kenya: "We can take heart that the constitutional government restored order, but we can't blind ourselves to the economic problems." Neither can Moi. But in his tough putdown of the rebellion, he seemed to be signaling that Kenya's problems would be addressed by increasing authoritarianism...