Word: spinola
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...network reporters. California anchors fly off to Central America, Beijing and Tokyo. When East Germany began to break / down the Berlin Wall two weeks ago, dozens of local U.S. news teams headed to Berlin from markets as big as Seattle and as small as Manchester, N.H. Says John Spinola, general manager of Westinghouse-owned station WBZ in Boston: "Every time I look around, we've got someone out of the country...
...when longtime Dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar was incapacitated by a stroke, Caetano made some abortive moves toward liberalization and tried vainly to preserve Portugal's eroding colonial empire by continuing costly wars hi Mozambique and Angola before his dismissal by the junta of General Antonio de Spinola...
...twenty to four the President still had not arrived. General Spinola had finished his meal, and was anxious to meet the President. Wallraff could only stall for time: he had only learned of Spinola's visit the day before, and had not yet succeeded in finding a 'President' to greet him. The previous night he had approached several friends--a lawyer, a doctor, a publisher, a member of the Bundestag, a vicar and several professional actors--but none would agree to play the role. Now, despite frequent and frantic telephone calls, Wallraff could not find a suitable President. At four...
...five-thirty when the 'President' finally arrives, to Spinola's great relief. The President is terse; he cannot stay long, as an important meeting will take place that evening. But the General understands; he is familiar with the busy schedule of political leaders and is most grateful simply to have the President's acquaintance. It is a manic scene, with the 'President' nodding "Yes, your Excellency," the General unctuously urging their cooperation, and Wallraff nimbly interjecting answers to every question directed at his President...
...President checks his watch his and announces he must depart. Arrangements are made for a future meeting in Geneva, which Wallraff does not intend to keep. Soon he will emerge again into the public eye armed with enough evidence to force Spinola's expulsion from Switzerland, an investigation of the right-wing politician Franz-Josef Strauss, who had been preparing to sneak Spinola into Germany, and the failure of General Spinola's attempt to take over Portugal...