Word: ren
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Hoare and his mercenary band of brothers were forced to stand trial following their bungled attempt last November to overthrow the socialist government of the Seychelles led by President Albert René. The armed mercenaries entered the Seychelles disguised as a beer-drinking tourist party, "The Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers." Hoare's objective was to return to power ex-President James Mancham, 49, a pro-Western leader who was deposed by René in a 1977 coup...
...were given from six months to five years, and the judge later reduced most to six months. Hoare and his co-defendants were clearly the lucky ones. Last month four of Hoare's soldiers of fortune who were left behind in the Seychelles were convicted of treason by René's government. They are under sentence of death by hanging...
...DIED. René Jules Dubos, 81, microbiologist and environmentalist; of cancer; in New York City. Dubos won fame in 1939 for research that led to the first commercially produced antibiotics. He expounded the idea in several of his 20-odd books that a favorable environment is necessary to human physical, mental and social development; So Human an Animal won a Pulitzer Prize...
...Renée Wayne Golden, 51, may seem an odd selection. A former jazz bass player and housewife, she decided to become a lawyer after four years as a legal secretary. In this age of specialization, she has quickly fashioned her own little niche: representing people whose tales provide the raw material for TV and movie docudramas. Such stranger-than-fiction stories are in hot Hollywood demand at the moment, and Golden has become the little guy's negotiatrix nonpareil. So far she has represented ten clients and has turned away many more. This week CBS will...
...Seychelles "from U.S. threats," two of the five arrested mercenaries were paraded for a programmed press conference. Fated for a show trial and under heavy guard, they wore handcuffs that bit into their wrists. To no one's surprise, they accused former Seychelles President James Mancham, exiled after René's successful 1977 coup, of arranging the raid. Mancham denied the charge, but his denial was damaged when one of the arrested mercenaries was found to have a tape recording of his voice intended for broadcast after a successful coup...