Word: strongman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could not possibly win a war against Israel. His well-publicized fence-mending operation with Saudi Arabia's conservative King Feisal, his urging that Arab oil be used as a long-range commercial and diplomatic weapon against Israel, and the slight rebuke he gave Libya's hawkish strongman Colonel Muammar Gaddafi by delaying the proposed merger of Egypt and Libya-all these acts implied that Sadat was not thinking about imminent...
Should the 77-year-old strongman die or become incapacitated during his four-year term, it was agreed, Isabelita would also resign immediately and new elections would be called to preclude a monarchy-like succession en familia. If and when Isabella's own presidential candidacy becomes an issue, however, the Vice President's detractors may well find themselves facing an opponent too powerful to be dislodged...
...again, off-again merger of Egypt and Libya. While Waldheim was in Damas cus, where he got an unexpectedly cordial reception from Syria's government heads, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat was closeted at his country home, 50 miles north of Cairo, with Libya's mercurial strongman, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Sadat had just concluded a jet-propelled, hush-hush tour of his own to two oil-rich neighbors and Syria. With Saudi Arabia's King Feisal and the Emir of Qatar, Sadat had discussed how best to use Arab oil and funds in the fight against...
...that Kim, as leader of the New Democratic Party, polled 46% of the vote for president against Chung Hee Park in 1971. Kim went into exile when martial law was declared in October 1972, and in appearances in Japan and the U.S. has been criticizing Park's strongman rule...
...companies that operate in the Middle East must walk a political tightrope. They are increasingly dependent on Arab nations for crude to supply their, refineries, and the leaders of those countries are growing ever more aware of the power that their control of a vital industrial resource confers. Libyan Strongman Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, for example, recently called on the Arabs to use their oil as a political weapon in their campaign against Israel and backed up his vague threat by nationalizing one small American-owned oil firm...