Word: strongman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...U.S.S.R. and is being helped on the battlefield by some 7,500 Cubans. The M.P.L.A.'S supporters at the O.A.U. included all the former Portuguese African colonies, as well as such leftist states as Guinea, Somalia and Algeria; they endorsed a resolution proposed by Nigeria's strongman, General Murtala Mohammed, urging the recognition of the M.P.L.A. as the legitimate government of Angola. The resolution also called on the O.A.U. to aid the M.P.L.A. in its fight against its two Western-backed opponents, the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (F.N.L.A.) and the National Union for the Total...
...hundreds of buildings. No fewer than four separate factions in the Lebanese civil war proudly define themselves as "Nasserite." In Libya, there are almost as many posters of Nasser with his fiery eyes gazing down at the public as there are of the country's mercurial military strongman, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Throughout much of the Arab world, in fact, the late Egyptian leader is passionately venerated as a modern prophet -but not, curiously, in his own country...
...Strongman Dan Jiggetts helped to spark the victory with a pair of decisive first place finishes in the weight events. The 260-pound senior opened the meet with a 60-ft.-2 3/4 in. toss in the 35 lb. weight throw. Moments later, he heaved the shot...
...Zone is seen as an odious relic of the imperialist age. All the governments support the Panamanians' demand for a new treaty granting them unmistakable sovereignty over the Zone, with details of canal operations and U.S. military presence to be negotiated. General Omar Torrijos Herrera, Panama's strongman, is willing to wait until after the U.S. election for the new treaty (he has heard of the "Teddy Roosevelt lobby"). But something must give in 1977. He speaks of restraining "the students" (at the University of Panama) as another general might speak of withholding his paratroopers. Secretary Kissinger...
...hornet's nest of recrimination recently when he declared: "We won't make it to [the national elections hi] '77 if we go on this way." Even Mrs. Perón's closest adviser, Angel F. Robledo, who as Interior Minister emerged as the new strongman during her absence, admits as much. "It doesn't matter who is interim President," he said. "Even if it were Winston Churchill, he would still be powerless because of the uncertainty...