Word: sem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lisbon, they called them os homens sem sonho: the men who never sleep. They worked night and day, much to the dismay of more conventional politicians and bureaucrats addicted to Portugal's leisurely working hours and three-hour lunches, and they seemed equally tireless in keeping their identities hidden. Last week the young officers of the Armed Forces Movement, the rebel group that overthrew the regime of Marcello Caetano last April and ended half a century of dictatorial rule in Portugal, finally decided to flex their muscles publicly. In short order, the men of A.F.M. forced the resignation...
...Anyone finding surcease of sorrow within the context of Mr. Nixon's news conference is one who, in my opinion, desires only to feel better and be calmed, preferring to ignore Nixon's clever political sem-anticisms by which he avoids any clear answers to questions addressed...
Under Harter, the Quakers have captured the Ivy League title for two consecutive years with identical 14-0 records, and this past winter advanced to the sem-finals of the Eastern Region in the NCAA's before bowing to Villanova...