Word: controllers
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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June 12: Margaret Thatcher, dubbed Attila the Hen by critics, loses a vote of confidence in the House of Commons. A mysterious fire sweeps through the Parliament building. Citing the danger of ceding control of new American missiles in Europe to the "pink forces within the Labor Party," Thatcher imposes martial law and seizes power for an indefinite period...
...Soviet choice to replace him was a Marxist intellectual little known in the West (see box). Karmal thus became the third Afghan leader to seize control of the government in the 20 months since the Communists first came to power in April 1978. As the new strongman, following the April coup, Taraki at first denied there had been a Communist takeover. But in the months that followed, internal struggles dangerously narrowed the government's base. As he attempted to keep the revolution on course, Taraki turned increasingly to Russian advisers to fill a shortage of trained manpower. The number...
...Russian military infusion," in which the Soviets would try to squelch the rebellion. Commented Neumann: "This option opens up the real possibility of a Soviet Viet Nam." 3) A coup to install a puppet at the head of the government in the hope that he could bring things under control...
...qualities were discovered by scientists at Roche's U.S. laboratory in Nutley, N.J. While the precise working of the drug remains a mystery, it is known that about 20 minutes after a Valium pill is swallowed, the drug reaches tiny receptors located in the brain's emotion control centers, where it has a calming effect on the central nervous system that may last several hours...
...forerunners of the musket. In February 1579 the drapers of Romans paraded with weapons and elected a burly colleague, Paumier, as their festival chief. He also became the factional leader of angry craftsmen, tradesmen and plowmen. Soon there were two governments in Romans: Paumier and his followers had seized control of the city gates, a vital link to leaguers in the countryside. By the latter part of 1579, butchers and bakers were defiantly withholding taxes. Daringly and, as it turned out, fatally, Paumier's faction was also demanding complete restitution of the funds stolen by the town administrators over...