Word: generalissimo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nationalist China's tough old Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was increasingly impatient...
...Meet the Press last week, Nationalist China's Madame Chiang Kai-shek asserted: "All over China they are crying out right now for the return of the Nationalist government." The Generalissimo himself has never ceased to insist that one day he will go back, although he has adjusted his thinking to changing circumstances...
...demanded an immediate cease-fire in the Quemoy area and renunciation by Peking of the use of force in the Formosa Strait. Wang countered with a demand for immediate withdrawal of Chinese Nationalist troops garrisoning the Quemoy and Matsu Islands and an end to U.S. military support of Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek...
Blunter yet was the Nationalists' unexplained canceling of the visa of NBC Correspondent James Robinson while he was in the U.S. for a news program. Apparent reason: following Robinson's filmed TV interview in May with Chiang Kaishek. NBC angered the Generalissimo by noting he had ducked such questions as what would happen to his government if the U.S. recognized Red China...
...deadly wing shot and holder of his country's record for the largest tuna ever caught in Spanish waters, sportive Generalissimo Francisco Franco took to sea off the Galician coast near La Coruna in his harpoon-equipped yacht Azor, landed the ultimate prize in marine angling. The Jefe's catch: a 23-ton, 46-ft. sperm whale...