Word: venustiano
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Carranza & Villa. When the years of revolutionary triumph began to lengthen, Obregon might easily have seized the Presidency. But he stood aside for his friend Venustiano Carranza, bearded, schoolmasterish, vain. When Carranza had had his swig of power and seemed reluctant to pass on the cup, General Obregon ousted him and probably issued the order which resulted in his assassination...