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Torrijos, who had wrested power from the ruling Arias family in 1968, was a showman, a strongman and a dreamer, an irresistible combination for Greene. The general was also a friend of Tito's, an admirer of Gabriel GarcÍa Márquez's novels and a lover of numerous mistresses. "How could one fail," writes Greene with pointed sincerity, "to like this man?" The general had remained in power be cause of what Greene acknowledges was "a streak of cynical wisdom." Torrijos liked to announce, "I don't want to enter into history. I want...
...retorting, Shea has attacked Atkins for failing to blow the whistle on the worst excesses of the Senate President, Atkins buddy and legislative strongman William F. Bulger (D-Boston). For instance, Atkins, who a chairman of the Ways and Means committee is the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, did nothing to stop legislators who granted themselves a "Halloween. Night pay raise" two years ago without floor debate or recorded vote. Atkins claimed he opposed the pay raise amendment while it was in Ways and Means and that he "took a walk" while legislators held a voice vote...
...Morocco, faced a decidedly frosty reception in Washington last week when he visited Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State George Shultz and other Administration officials. A month ago the conservative Hassan, long a staunch U.S. ally, had suddenly initiated a treaty of friendship with Libya's radical strongman Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Washington's Public Enemy No. 1. Officially the State Department admitted to being "surprised" by the improbable marriage; privately it fumed...
...ever been created on this sterile patch of earth perched on the edge of a cruel continent; and nothing worthwhile ever would be." Meanwhile, the constitution that was so carefully drawn up when the colony became independent from Britain is now on the verge of being shelved by the strongman President...
...Metro, Paradise, and Spit round out the concert scene, and the three are the most established in the area, because they are run by the biggest music strongman in town...