Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...greatest tolerance for chaos. Yet such was the anger and confusion last week that Brazilians on every side despaired for their country. Having just demanded emergency dictatorial powers from Congress as the only hope of preventing civil war "at any moment," President Joāo Goulart was forced to withdraw the demand in the face of opposition by Congress, labor unions, state governors, and general public opinion. Goulart said the withdrawal was made possible "by new circumstances." But the only new circumstance was an abortive plot by the President's cronies to kidnap his severest critic, Carlos Lacerda, governor...
ROCKEFELLER: The Dark Days "How do you tell a corpse he's a corpse?" ponders a G.O.P. Governor who is friendly to Rocky. So remote are Rockefeller's chances that some of his previous backers are now urging him to withdraw from presidential contention completely, thereby opening the way for another progressive candidate...
Responsibility for the indictment belongs chiefly to the local district attorney, Thomas A. Hoadley, a recent graduate of Indiana Law School. When he decided that the University withdraw its recognition of YSA, instead of talking to the IU administration, Hoadley issued a statement to the press. University officials first learned of his campaign in the next day's newspapers. Later, Hoadley violated the secrecy of grand jury testimony by announcing that the dean of students, one of the witnesses, had recommended that the three students be indicted. The dean denies making such a recommendation...
...prosecutor originally announced that he intended to force the University to withdraw recognition from YSA. Aside from the fact that interference in University affairs is beyond the sphere of a public official, it has become increasingly obvious that Hoadley is using the case to advance his own political ambitions. Conducting what the Indiana student newspaper termed "trial by newspaper," the district attorney has consistently chosen the paths to justice most likely to make headlines...
...President's son, Alejandro Villeda Bermudez '66, said he thought the army had been attempting to forestall the national elections and establish a more conservative government. He said he hoped the U.S. government would cut off aid and withdraw diplomatic recognition from the military regime...