Word: idolization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Like le grand Charles, Hassan considers himself his country's indispensable man, and he may be right. Like De Gaulle he chose the device of a popular referendum when he decided to adopt a constitution (TIME, Dec. 28); his smashing victory won Hassan the rare esteem of his idol in Paris. Employing some Gaullist firmness, Hassan has now fired the three members of his Cabinet who represented the powerful Istiqlal party, filled their jobs with officials stoutly loyal to the throne...
...weeks after the wedding, without a word of preparation, he leaves her-pregnant. Alone together, the two children timidly fall in love, and when the baby is born, the son assumes the responsibilities his father has shirked. When the father returns, the son sees with awful clarity that his idol has feet of clay. One day, without a word of preparation, the son leaves the island, quietly determined to become the man his father...
Evtushenko is considered the idol of Russian youth and the intellectual leader of the "new wave" of poets and artists who have come into prominence since the losening of the ties on cultural growth and expression in the Soviet Union...
...agreed to one of the key Free Democratic conditions: he would step down as Chancellor next fall. Brentano then drew cheers by adding that Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard would be included in all discussions on the new government's constitution, clear indication that Erhard-West Germany's idol, and Adenauer's belittled foe-would very likely be the next Chancellor. Now it was up to der Alte to set about the tedious task of building a new coalition Cabinet that would carry him through the final months of his public life...
...seriously suggests that Nehru will be replaced as India's leader while he lives. To his country, he is not a statesman but an idol. Each morning, large crowds assemble on the lawn outside his New Delhi home. Some present petitions or beg favors, but thousands, in recent weeks, have handed over money or gold dust for the national defense. Most come just to achieve darshan, communion, with the country's leader. The throng is comforted and reassured, not by the words, but by the presence of Nehru...