Word: strongman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shift grew out of a split in Syria's ruling Pan-Arab Baath Party between General Salah Jadid, leader of a powerful clique of pro-Peking officers, and Strongman General Amin Hafez, top dog in Syria since 1963. At the Casablanca conference of Arab leaders last September, Hafez pledged Syria to an agreement not to meddle in other states' internal affairs. Objecting, the Jadid group blamed a "right-wing reactionism" for the moderating tendencies in other Arab nations, argued for Syrian leadership to restore the "progressive Arab socialist outlook...
Candor in a military dictator is a rare quality, and self-criticism rarer still. But Burmese Strongman General Ne Win offered both in abundance at a recent Rangoon seminar of his Socialist Program Party. The topic: potholes in Ne Win's "Burmese road to socialism," launched soon after he took power in 1962 and began nationalizing every thing in sight. The economy, confessed the general, "is in a mess." So much so, he added, that "if Burma were not a country with an abundance of food, we would all be starving...
...over Indonesia's intelligence network. Suddenly it became clear that Koti was emerging as the key controlling body of the country, with powers in every field from economics to education. And into Koti's key post stepped General Abdul Haris Nasution, Defense Minister and No. 1 military strongman...
Going into the 500, Army led by a score of 40 to 30. Since a final relay victory would be useless without five points in the freestyle, Coach Bill Brooks put sprint ace Bill Shrout and strongman Neville Hayes in the race...
...HONDURAS. With 136 coups in 144 years of independence, this neighboring Central American republic (pop. 2,000,000) can at least thank Strongman General Osvaldo López, 44, for two years of political stability-and economic growth. With $25 million a year in Alianza aid, generous foreign investment, and their own nine-foot-deep topsoil, Hondurans have built a G.N.P. that this year is expected to add up to $460 million, 8% over last year. Bananas still provide $38 million (or 40%) of the country's export earnings, but the highly successful Central American Common Market has stimulated...