Word: revolts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...M.N.R.'s old record of Nazi-style violence, Paz Estenssoro won a clear plurality (45% of the total vote) over the runner-up government candidate, Gabriel Gosálvez. The government was indeed "faced with a dilemma": either let Paz Estenssoro have the presidency, or risk an M.N.R. revolt-a choice between violence and violence...
They were exposed when a Senate Investigations subcommittee set up shop in Jackson, Miss, to examine charges that a pro-Truman Democratic State Committee, which began dispensing the state's federal patronage after the Dixiecrat revolt of 1948, had been peddling jobs in wholesale lots. The charges turned out to be true enough. A steady parade of smalltown postmasters and rural mail carriers told how they had paid or "contributed" from $250 to $1,000 each to get their appointments. One postal employee had even "contributed" $750 to the rump committee to get transferred to another city...
Iran shook last week with its worst crisis since the revolt in Azerbaijan in 1945-46. Just as Premier Hussein Ala's strategy of conciliation seemed to be cooling off his heated country, disorder flared up again. The new outbreak of violence was plainly Red-inspired; it aimed at seizing the leadership of the popular and inflammable oil nationalization drive...
...when three 2025 crashed (and a DC-4 plunged into Lake Michigan, killing 55 passengers), Northwest's fatalities were more than those of all other scheduled U.S. airlines combined. After the fifth crash of a two-engined Martin 202 early this year (seven killed), Northwest had a palace revolt: its pilots refused to fly the 202s. With that, Northwest grounded its Martins...
...revolt began to take form in 1532 when Parliament, under the direction of Henry VIII, enacted laws formally renouncing papal supremacy. The movement extended over the three subsequent reigns of Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth. There was no formal schism until the Pope finally realized that Elizabeth was determined in her refusal to acknowledge his supremacy. He excommunicated her and absolved her subjects from allegiance to her. The papal adherents began to separate themselves into a distinct community around the year...