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Word: silenciosa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1974-1974
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Usage:

Someone obviously got the message. Three weeks ago, well-financed political organizers, billing themselves as members of the "silent majority," began drawing up plans for a huge pro-Spínola rally in front of the presidential palace in Lisbon. Huge posters showing a man saying "Maioria Silenciosa" (Silent Majority) began appearing on Lisbon walls. Buses were hired and free train tickets were given away to bring people into Lisbon from the countryside. Leftists soon launched a poster counteroffensive, tearing down the silent-majority signs or embellishing them with fangs and swastikas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: The Fall of a Hero-General | 10/14/1974 | See Source »

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