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...sheer force of his popularity. As he left the palace after his inauguration, 15,000 citizens cheered him, and his Mercedes was showered with white carnations. The frosty general broke into a rare smile and returned his supporters' V-for-victory sign. Even an obscure left-wing splinter group called Movimento Anarquista dos Homosexuais Revolucionários pledged its unswerving loyalty to the new regime. Another band of anarchists marched into a government office demanding recognition as a "democratic opposition." When an official patiently explained that the government itself was now democratic, the firebrands shouted "Viva Spinola!" and withdrew...
...which represents the Armed Forces Movement and is led by General António de Spínola, 64, a monocled, swashbuckling counterinsurgency hero turned reformer-has pledged to form a provisional government this week. As that deadline approached, no fewer than 54 different political parties, ranging from Maoist splinter groups on the left to monarchists favoring the restoration of the House of Bragança on the right, stepped up their jockeying for influence. All wanted to be part of the interim coalition that will govern Portugal until general elections are held next spring...
...closed. The Abbé Marius Gobert, dean of the church at the nearby town of Licques, did not have enough help to serve the four parishes in his area and decided to close Hocquinghen's church. But the town's young people, distressed at seeing the parishioners splinter off to other towns for church, asked to hold the new prayer assembly in place of Mass. Soon the district's other three towns-Licques, Rodlinghem and Ecottes-were offering to share their priest by taking one priestless Sunday each month...
...said Liberal Party Leader Jeremy Thorpe last week, adding realistically "and indeed some more than others." True enough. With Britain's two major parties separated by only five seats-301 for Labor, 296 for the Tories-the balance of power in the new Parliament is held by four splinter groups, which collectively won 24% of the popular vote in last month's election and 34 of the 635 seats in the House of Commons. Whether or not Harold Wilson and his Labor government survive depends on the political decisions of these small, dissimilar groups...
...understatement. Despite almost two months of intense negotiations, she had been unable to form a broad-based coalition and was forced to announce the first minority government in Israel's history. Her Labor Party, which won 51 seats in the election last December, along with two allied splinter groups will have only 58 seats in the 120-member Knesset...