Word: dictatorship
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...tense days that preceded his final triumph, there were many who cried dictatorship. That fear, belied by De Gaulle's previous record, was belied again by the manner in which he came to power this week and by the way he proposed to use the power...
...solution under de Gaulle to these two pressing French dilemmas is partially offset in many minds by apprehension as to the future of French democracy under the Cross of Lorraine. De Gaulle's demand for six months of decree powers, some claim, is only a foretaste of a stern dictatorship backed up by the brute force of the military. The general's past political record, however, has been one of strict adherence to constitutional forms, even in the face of bitter frustration. In 1946, when it became clear that the Constitution would make the Presidency meaningless, de Gaulle resigned...
...yards from the U.S. embassy, greyclad Republican Guards on horseback charged with flashing sabers. Shots rang out; stones were flung; 50 people were injured. In Delgado's lusty campaigning last week. Portugal saw more mob violence and bloodshed than in all the previous 25 years of the paternal dictatorship of scholarly Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar...
...only pretended to persecute Communists. He exiled wealthy, suave Gustavo Machado, boss of one of the party's factions, but permitted others to stay in business. Reds continued to dominate the Waiters, Bartenders and Hotel Employees Union; in return, many of its members spied for the dictatorship. So long as they collaborated, the Communists were free to spread their influence; when Perez Jimenez fell, they were ready to move quickly...
...face again and again were such questions as, "Why did Eisenhower give Perez Jimenez the Legion of Merit? Why was that ruthless dictator admitted to the U.S. with such ease after he fell?" Nixon concluded that his unhappy reception in Caracas was a direct result of "ten years of dictatorship" associated in the public mind with...