Word: perons
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...level. It is not enough to call Perón a Caudillo, Big Brother, Duce or Führer; these terms have a worldly connotation, and since he has achieved heavenly status without the necessity of dying, it is better to dub him saint. But in another sense, Saint-Peron-ism is the political version of Superman. Even as the followers of Superman trust in his extraordinary talents, so do the shirtless worshipers of Saint Perón believe in his special powers-divine, atomic...
...thereby shrinking one of the substantial revenue sources of both papers. So far, La Prensa (circ. 460,000) and La Natión (circ. 250,000) have managed to survive. But La Prensa has been whittled down from a fat 32 pages to a sick twelve by the Peron campaign...
...forthright stand on the proposition that, as outs, they could do a better job than the ins. The candidates tacitly ignored foreign affairs; Korea was hardly mentioned. Vargas supporters sometimes charged the present government with serving U.S. interests, and Dutra's partisans accused Vargas of accepting subsidies from Peron; but none of these charges could be made to stick...
...that seemed to limit the article's application to civil servants, thus possibly excusing newsmen from its restrictions. In the rush, few heard the tiny Radical minority's shout that the bill was designed not to protect the nation against spies and saboteurs but to protect Peron against opposition. Peron already had the 1948 General Organization Law, giving him unlimited powers the moment he declares that a national emergency exists. With the new bill, his regime would hold an unbreakable legal grip on the lives of Argentina's 16 million citizens...
...Communist and nationalist agitators had clearly touched a sensitive nerve and stirred a deep-seated popular reaction. Juan Peron, who understands his people very well, lost no time in telling them what they wanted to hear. "This afternoon," the President announced to a trade-union meeting, "I was asked in connection with a very important international matter what attitude I would adopt . . . Argentina knows what she has got to do today, and what she will do tomorrow. She will do so in her own good time and for her own benefit-not for anybody else...