Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...powerfully armed 12,000-member national guard might still reverse the tide of battle. But by the beginning of last week even Somoza could see that further resistance was futile. He agreed to the rebel junta's plan for turning over power to the new regime. The first step would be for Somoza to resign and leave the country. The National Assembly would then elect an interim President, who would in turn step aside for the incoming provisional government. Finally, the Sandinista's 5,000-man guerrilla army and remnants of the national guard would be melded into...
Facing the harsh reality that he had lost American support, Somoza placed all his high-ranking Guardia officers with 30 years or more service on the retirement list. That step allowed them to immediately abandon their commands and seek refuge in the U.S. or elsewhere in Latin America. As Somoza's officers planned their getaways, Nicaraguan Congressmen who had been confined in Managua's Intercontinental Hotel grew increasingly panicky. Finally, they were called into a post-midnight session. They unanimously accepted Somoza's resignation and conferred the blue-and-white sash, symbolic of the presidency...
...State Warren Christopher, who suspected that Urcuyo would not have acted without Somoza's approval, placed an angry phone call to the ex-dictator's $1 million, nine-room waterfront mansion in Miami Beach. According to Somoza, Christopher warned that if Urcuyo could not be persuaded to step down immediately, Somoza would no longer be welcome in the U.S. Chastened by Christopher's blunt talk, Somoza telephoned Urcuyo and ordered him to go along with the transition plan...
...willing to attribute it entirely to Margaret Thatcher's groundbreaking election in Britain. And, certainly, no old-fashioned male politician was yet prepared to step aside chivalrously. But, suddenly, 1979 in Europe seemed to be turning into a year of victorious political women...
...were not endangering the great mammals, both they and the Soviets, the only nations owning fleets of factory whalers, are expected to abide by the I.W.C. decisions. Antiwhalers figure that may save some 10,000 whales next year, mostly sperms-assuming, of course, that pirates like Sierra do not step up their own operations. If so, conservation groups will surely retaliate, and that could be trouble for humans as well as whales...