Word: strongman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WORLD). In Indonesia, where Strongman Sukarno sought to refurbish his sullied image by firing Defense Minister Nasution, one of Peking's archenemies, anti-Communist students dared to howl their disapproval at the palace gates...
Upsetting Ivy strongman Cornell and Brown on successive games was a tall order for the Harvard hockey team, and last night the Crimson played for below that order and farther below Saturday's peak as it meekly succumbed to the Bruins...
...exile in Spain, still commands the hearts, if not the heads, of some 3,000,000 Argentines. In Jujuy (pronounced who-hooey), Peron's descamisados (shirtless ones) have always been especially strong; nationally, Peronistas have generally claimed from a fourth to a third of the ballots since the strongman was deposed ten years ago. Only the strong hand of the military, which threw him out in the name of constitutional government, keeps him from returning-legitimately-to power. In March 1962, after Peronistas captured the governorships of nine provinces and won 44 seats in the national legislature, the military...
...from Spain. Even that diversion may soon end. Last week El Lobo ("the Wolf") ousted Isabella's chief lieutenant, José Alonso, as general secretary of the giant General Confederation of Labor. If Peronism should ever triumph, it looks more and more as though the strongman will have to enjoy his reign mainly from Spain...
Sukarno, of course, is not really to blame for the program, for it was Military Strongman Abdul Haris Nasution's soldiers who approved the economic purge. But Nasution is happy enough to let Sukarno take credit-or blame-as undisputed "boss." So long as Sukarno is around as a still popular image among Indonesia's masses, Nasution has a buffer between the people's ire and the army. When, as may happen, the masses become disenchanted with Sukarno, Nasution has a readymade scapegoat...