Word: strongman
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...other junta members, more responsive to the sentiments of old-line army men who remember bloody clashes with the Apristas in the 19305, were not so sure. But Peruvians outside the barracks, particularly Haya's main rivals-nationalistic Architect Fernando Belaúnde Terry and ex-Army Strongman Manuel Odria-insisted that the promised elections be held. Under this pressure, the new three-man junta renewed its "unswerving decision to hold elections next June 9." New President Lindley, who cherishes no affection whatsoever for Haya and APRA, felt compelled to announce that "so far as I know, there...
Broken Bonds. Everyone knew it was coming, from Syria's strongman, General Abdel Karim Zahreddin, down to the lowliest private in the army. When Zahreddin severed Syria's union with Egypt 17 months ago, he had profited from the nation's revulsion against the police state and harsh economic controls imposed by Nasser. But Syrians, passionate believers in Arab unity, also felt guilty about breaking the bonds. Wispy President Nazem El-Koudsi sighed, "The trouble with Syrians is that we are never concerned with just our own problems but with issues affecting all Arabs...
...from becoming an international battleground. Yemen had delayed Bunche's visit until an Egyptian armored column could seize the formerly royalist-held town of Marib, and then exhibited it to Bunche as evidence of republican control of the country. After a 60-minute session with Yemen's Strongman Abdullah Sallal, Bunche declared, "I was most impressed by his earnestness, sincerity, strength and seriousness of purpose." Stopping off in Cairo on his way home, Bunche conferred for two hours with Nasser, then saw newsmen. He emphasized that the Yemeni people he saw supported Sallal's government...
...Premier Mamadou Dia, after Dia had turned on Senghor in an attempted coup. Last week, in a referendum run off while Dia languished behind the barbed wire of a military camp outside Dakar awaiting trial for treason, the 56-year-old Senghor legalized his position as Senegal's strongman...
...coveted agregation de grammaire academic degree, and he served with distinction as a territorial member of the postwar French National Assembly. By all accounts, he has been brooding over the political circumstances which forced him to end his 17-year friendship with Dia and take over as strongman. But Senghor was not likely to let his sense of guilt get him down. He is, after all, a strong admirer of Charles de Gaulle, and modeled his new constitution partly on De Gaulle's design for the Fifth Republic in Paris. Perhaps with his mentor in mind, Senghor conceded...