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Word: rule (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Governor-elect's most telling campaign issue, however, seemed to be Muñ0z. Ferré charged him with developing "one-man rule in the manner of a Latin American political boss." Even P.D.P. workers seemed to agree that Muñ0z, after long service and such distinguished accomplishments as gaining commonwealth status and strengthening the island economy with his much-publicized Operation Bootstrap, had finally become a liability. Said one: "The future of the P.D.P. rests in what we do with Muñ0z. If in 1972 he has the same power he enjoys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puerto Rico: Island Upset | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

Even the police seemed tamer and less visible. Though hedged with restrictions, demonstrations could be held without being put to rout by police dogs, shock troops and water cannon, which used to be the rule. Controversy found its voice, as in the case of Father José da Felicidade, a parish priest who demands the "deStalinization" of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portugal: Closer to the World | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...Rule or Burn. The move never came, but neither did Hussein's expected crack down. Instead, the king and the fedayeen leaders had a tense and angry showdown in a two-hour meeting in Amman's military headquarters. Hussein, wearing the uniform of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, angrily opened the meeting: "If I don't rule this country, then I shall burn it." In reply, the fedayeen leaders pointedly reminded the king of their own strength...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jordan: Nearly Civil War | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...years, Pakistan's President Mohammed Ayub Khan has ruled his country with the firm hand of a field marshal, which he is. Under his version of "basic democracy," Ayub's rule is sustained by indirect elections through a sympathetic electoral college of 120,000 educated Pakistanis. He, in turn, provides Pakistan with political stability and a steadily improving economy. But last week Pakistan's facade of political calm cracked. A would-be assassin took two wild potshots at Ayub. Student riots broke out in half a dozen cities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: It's Part of Life | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...result of the incident, Army broke off its series with Harvard and the old Ivy League initiated the first of its new reforms, including the free substitution rule allowing players to return to a game after they are taken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1909: Unbeaten Teams and Hoopla, But What a Lousy Football Game! | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

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