Word: royalist
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Every schoolchild who has studied American history knows that Washington was accused of showing royalist leanings by cavalier treatment of his fellow citizens. Actually, modern Presidents are far less accessible-even Gerald Ford, despite his genuine efforts to create a more open presidency...
...fighting in Eritrea were not crisis enough, the military government in Addis Ababa-whose front man is Brigadier General Teferi Benti-also had to contend with a series of royalist revolts that stemmed from its overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie last September...
Rochester seems to have had the best of all possible worlds during his short life. His father, Henry Wilmot, was a royalist exiled to France during the Commonwealth, while his mother was the former wife to an important Parliamentary figure. Between the two, young John Wilmot was able to enjoy a relatively unscathed youth reading the classics, going to Oxford when he was only thirteen and graduating the following year with a Master of Arts. But whatever favors Rochester might have received because of his family's dual politics, his sharp wit and merciless opinions garnered him plenty of attention...
...leftist party is called PASOK--Panhellenic Socialist Movement. Created by Andreas Papandreou, it promotes a Western brand of socialism and takes a vehemently anti-American, anti-NATO, anti-royalist stance; in effect, it perpetuates the underground resistance organization PAK (Panhellenic Liberation Movement). Andreas--as he is universally known--advocates neutrality, promotes the Third World and comes across aggressively, enthusiastically and eloquently. Many people consider the man a threat to post-junta stability; of all the politicians (besides the Communists, who have little apparent power or desire to exert any radical influenced, have suffered suppression, and are newly haunted...
Things get a bit sticky when Walton agrees to let his daughter Elvira marry a royalist, Lord Arturo Talbot. They get even more awkward when, on the wedding day, Arturo spirits Enrichetta away from the Puritan fortress to safety. Elvira does not understand that, and goes sweetly and pathetically mad, while Arturo is sentenced in absentia to death...