Word: strongmanism
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...July 2). With Ike present, the gathering promised to be harmonious; perhaps the knottiest problem to be threshed out will be the wording of a declaration of Western political ideals. And such traditional enemies as Costa Rica's liberal President José Figueres and Nicaragua's perennial Strongman Anastasio Somoza will doubtless be on their best behavior...
...drift is in some measure caused by the currents of democracy released by Field Marshal Pibulsonggram, Thailand's strongman Premier, who was much impressed by democracy (and by presidential press conferences) on his trip to the U.S. and Europe last year. As a result of his temporary lifting of press controls, accounts of the corruption that normally flourishes in Asian regimes−opium trading, influence peddling−have been brought into the light of day by Pibul's enemies. The stories have tended to discredit, by association, the Pibulsonggram regime's longtime ally, the U.S. An American...
...that Quebec's Premier Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis had made Canadian political history. He had won an unprecedented fifth term as premier of Canada's biggest province, and he had stretched his potential premiership to a record 20 years. Against the best-organized opposition he ever faced, Strongman Duplessis had come back more powerful than ever, with a greater share of the popular vote and a massive majority of 72 seats (an eight-seat gain) in the 93-seat legislature for his Union Nationale Party...
...government will be to declare a general political amnesty and put an end to the proscription of political parties." In Peru the only significant proscribed party is APRA (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance), which was thrown out of power and outlawed in 1948 by the present President, Military Strongman Manuel...
Then the Russians, who had previously offered a $300 million loan, started jiggling the bait again. Though Egypt's Strongman Gamal Abdel Nasser prefers Western aid, and knows that he will get more dam for the money with no political strings attached, he is cagily bargaining with both sides. Last week Nasser received Russia's junketing Foreign Minister Dmitry T. Shepilov, who arrived in Cairo with tempting new offers (see FOREIGN NEWS). But on this trip, Black hopes to nail down the deal once and for all. Both he and the Reds know the size of the stakes...