Word: strongman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Ernesto Jaén Guardia, 65, Panamanian businessman-diplomat, who "just happened to be in Panama City" when pro-Axis strongman Arnulfo Arias was deposed on Oct. 9, 1941, was promoted by the Cabinet from Second Vice President to President of Panama and served for all of three hours; of a heart attack; in Panama City. Jaén Guardia became president at 1 p.m., bowed out at 4 p.m. the same day after changing his mind and turning the job over to Justice Minister Ricardo de la Guardia...
...postwar Greece was desperately weak and struggling with a Communist-run rebellion. He stayed in Cabinet posts-for a long time as the energetic Minister of Public Works-while first Britain, then the U.S. stepped in to prevent a complete Communist takeover. When Greece's military boss and strongman Prime Minister, Field Marshal Alexander Papagos, died in 1955, Karamanlis took over the government, has since been confirmed in power twice by thumping majorities...
Last month Strongman Walter Ulbricht himself took a hand in the matter and ordered party followers to "determine what are the reasons behind the migration . . . and take steps to correct them." Trouble is that Communism's proven means of sealing borders-land-mined strips, barbed-wire barriers and machine-gun-equipped watchtowers-cannot be used in Berlin, where most of the defections take place, because four-power regulations governing the city require sectoral borders to remain open, and the elevated and subway trains link Eastern and Western parts of the city...
...busy round the clock for a whole month refurbishing air-conditioned desert palaces. First among the princely spenders was Sheik Abdullah al Mubarak as Sabah, commander in chief of the 3,000-man armed forces, head of the police, Minister of Defense and Broadcasting, and Kuwait's unchallenged strongman. Mubarak already owns a Cadillac with brightware completely goldplated, but to celebrate Saud's coming he ordered another 69 Chevrolets, seven Oldsmobiles and seven more Cadillacs. Triumphal arches of solid walnut, festoons of colored lights, flags and bunting were imported to decorate the route from Kuwait airport...
...people-95% of Pakistan-positively do not want a return to parliamentary democracy. If we can run a country without a party system, we shall be a happier people." Leaning forward intently in a wicker chair on the terrace of the President's House in East Pakistan, Pakistan Strongman Mohammed Ayub Khan was discoursing on his favorite subject: the evils of politics...