Word: politicoes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first, the machine kissed him off as "the mad Lincoln from Mato Grosso." But soon he had everybody so mad that one politico rushed up and punched him in the mouth while he was speaking against a giveaway bill. Amid the uproar, the speaker ordered the galleries cleared. "No! No!" shouted Quadros, blood streaming from his lips. "Let the people stay! Let them watch!" By 1950, firmly established as the little citizen at war with graft, a Chaplin with a cause, Quadros won the most votes of all 900 candidates for the state assembly...
...while Schelling and Halperin are excellent in discussions of certain areas where each has done special research (surveillance forces, limited wars), their treatment of some topics is entirely too sketchy. Sometimes, as with politico-military points, the authors simply admit this and dismiss it, saying it is beyond the scope of their book which aims at the military consequences of arms control. Even admitting this defense, at other times one finds the presentation altogether lacking in detail; for instance, the sub-chapter on the Nth country problem, is only four paragraphs long. The ultimate effect is a solid treatment...
...whose shores Castro launched his original invasion of Cuba, is the nation still most dedicated to Castro's cause, and though President López Mateos, a middle-of-the-roader, might have reservations, he is held back by the re-emergence of Mexico's most powerful politico, former President Lázaro Cárdenas, 65, now a Stalin Prize-winning fellow traveler, who is whipping up pro-Castro demonstrations...
...urging of some M.I.T. undergraduates, Professor Lincoin Bloomfield '41 will offer "an analysis of the problems of disarmament and arms control, and the issues involved for American foreign and defense policy, against a background of diplomatic history, technological change and politico-military strategy...
...Johnson's sake, the Kennedys had much to forgive: as Johnson's presidential campaign manager, Connally distinguished himself at the Los Angeles convention by calling a desperation press conference to suggest that Rival Candidate Kennedy was suffering from a serious case of Addison's disease. Smooth politico Connally has Navy credentials: as a naval officer during World War II, he served as a fighter plane director aboard the carriers Essex and Bennington, won the Bronze Star and Legion of Merit...