Word: dictatorship
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...seemed to change a little bit ... I would prefer always . . . to do these things by diplomatic means, and then finally get heads of government agreement." This time the President reversed his position that preliminary low-level talks must precede a summit meeting. Said he: "Where you do have a dictatorship there is only one man who can make decisions ... If you are going to make agreements that are useful with the Soviets, you are almost compelled to do it . . . with the heads of government." Still speaking for De Gaulle's benefit, Ike observed that "this means the Western heads...
With strong support in the grass roots, with a docile and hero-worshiping press and radio, Sandhurst-educated General Ayub Khan this week celebrated the first anniversary of his "benign dictatorship." Since peacefully overthrowing the corrupt and inefficient government of Iskander Mirza-which was democratic in name only-Ayub Khan has startled his countrymen and Western observers by fulfilling nearly every promise he made...
...Castro continues to meet such crises by similar arbitrary action, his high minded revolution will emerge as no better than the despised Batista dictatorship he replaced...
After quoting several Communist writers, who referred to "international struggle" and "the dictatorship of the proletariat," Schwarz concluded that "a man who has renounced his conscience has no place on the faculty of a free university." He then cited numerous purge actions in the U.S.S.R., adding that the only thing that prevented Stalin from completing a purge in the Ukraine was a shortage of box cars...
...Industrial Dictatorship." Management's insistence on tinkering with Section 2-B was in one sense a stand on principle, but in another sense it was a lucky break for the steelworkers' Dave McDonald. After seeing most of their postwar wage gains canceled out by price upcreep, rank -and-file steelworkers were wary of following McDonald into a strike for higher wages. But when industry negotiators started talking about changing work rules, steelworkers began heeding his warnings that the bosses wanted to bring back the bad old days of "industrial dictatorship" and "assembly-line slaves...