Word: severance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...army, which could rig next month's election against him if it chose, intimidate Moslems into abstaining or voting no. Addressing the officers of the garrison, he again spoke of the "new" Algeria, which "must be herself, otherwise-and you know this only too well-she will sever all her links with France." He set two tasks for the army: "First of all, to prevent things going badly from the security point of view, which has not yet been completed. Second, fraternity [with...
...course the FLN (National Liberation Front) will not cease fire without securing the conditions of self-determination," Aron told a Sever Hall . He pointed out that de Gaulle's proposal for "self-determination" was "just a better word for election." An election held under the French army will not be free, Aron asserted, "but if the French army goes away, the FLN comes in, and it will not be free either...
...installed Strongman Getulio Vargas as Brazil's President, went on to be Vargas' Ambassador to Washington (1934-38) and Foreign Minister 1938-44), established close relations with the U.S. (though in later years he became disillusioned by U.S. hard-money policies), persuaded other Latin American countries to sever diplomatic relations with the Axis, brought Brazil into the war on the side of the U.S. over the reluctance of his chief and even gave the U.S. submarine bases in Brazil; of a heart attack; in Rio de Janeiro...