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That was too much for fed-up Panamanians. Crowds gathered outside Chichi Remón's headquarters and clamorously demanded that he get rid of Arias. A general strike broke out. That night the National Assembly impeached Arias and swore in Vice President Alcibíades Arose. mena as President. Chichi sent Arias an ultimatum: get out or be booted out. Arnulfo holed up in the presidential palace with his henchmen. Police ringed the palace and began peppering the windows. After a four-hour battle, Arias gave up. As he left the palace under guard, he lifted his hand...
...repentant America whose democracy was no longer confused with maintaining imperialism or perpetuating poverty among potential enemies or preparing for a global war could take the initiative away from Russia, whose sole virtue to many people is her willingness to help them get rid of their present rulers," the joint report said...
...with Yugoslavia's industrial paralysis and its failure to raise the standard of living. Boris Kidric, Tito's No. 1 economist, declared: "Soviet theory sometimes seems to be very funny . . . [We] ought to pay enormous attention to the development of capitalist economy . . . We must get rid of narrowness, that basic provincial habit...
...What has driven Truman on to war against the wishes of the people?" Weiss asked. "It is American Big Business, which needs expanding markets to get rid of its capital accumulation." He spent some time developing this theme, mouthing astronomical figures representing profits and liquid assets...
...University employees want to get rid of Mulvihill, but they don't want it bad enough to pay us the dues for helping them," Sullivan continued. He thinks the maids want A.F.L. support, but admitted that without the engineers and maintenance men, they couldn't be strong enough...