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Political Maturity Political parties: 1. Voters: 38%. Though Communist Party is proscribed, Strongman Modibo Keita's Union Soudanaise spouts Marxist line; only two Cabinet members are considered nonCommunist...
Once they have attained wealth or fame, most alumni like to do something nice for their alma mater. Not so Burma's military strongman, General Ne Win, an alumnus of Rangoon University, who last week handed his old school a painful surprise. On his orders, an army demolition team marched on campus and blew up the two-story Student Union building, whose brick walls have echoed for 34 years with the student arguments of such leaders as Aung San, father of Burma's independence, ex-Premier U Nu, now under house arrest, and capable U Thant, Acting Secretary...
...buzzed that Haya might agree to step aside in favor of Odria as President, but that Haya's APRA Party would have the major say in the Cabinet. A coalition government headed by two such diverse men as Haya, the fiery old revolutionary, and Odria, the conservative old strongman, would be a strange solution indeed. But it seemed to give more promise of stability for Peru than did Belaúnde's barricaded mob in Arequipa, drinking pisco and making bonfires at night to keep warm. One city official in Arequipa thought that Belaunde's mob "looks...
Chang owed his freedom to Strongman Park, who also released seven other military rivals. Said Park: "I was moved by their contribution to the success of the revolution, despite their serious offenses later. They are now being given a last chance to render service to their country...
...ability to hold a tight rein on internal security. But such clemency was timed to serve an additional purpose: next week the junta celebrates the first anniversary of its triumph, and Park is anxious to show influential foreign guests invited for the occasion that he can be a kindly strongman...