Word: revolts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before the Russian Revolution, Schwartz points out, Chinese Communism had no more followers than Bertrand Russell or John Dewey. But the 1917 revolt had a mysterious transforming effect on China's intelligence, a force that Schwartz never fully explains. He continually states that intellectuals respond to "Lenin's messianic message," but does not discuss its total effect...
Such political sponsorship as the fumbling revolt may have had appeared to have been from the Conservative party. Montevideo sources reported that Conservatives dominated the rebels' list of future government ministers. Though the Conservatives boast some of Argentina's best political brains, they are not a popular party...
...week's end, Perón shook up his high command. Out went his navy minister, presumably because the boys had not been loyal enough. Then he rounded up hundreds of officers and political leaders. The revolt was over; the purge...
Perhaps the week's most significant Argentine development-more important in the long run than the abortive revolt -was the disclosure, on the day of the uprising, of something that had been a guarded secret: Eva Perón is gravely...
...more than a year rumors circulated that Evita suffered from anemia, but the terrific pace of her public life belied the reports. A fortnight ago doctors announced that she was in bed with influenza. She was so ill on the day of the revolt that she was given a blood transfusion and not told of the uprising until it was over. Then she insisted on speaking over the radio from her sickroom at the presidential residence...