Word: rigidities
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...Madrileños had crowded into the broad Plaza de Oriente, which faces the imposing 18th century royal palace. For two hours, the mob waved banners-one read GOD SAVE US FROM WEAK GOVERNMENT-sang hymns, chanted Falangist slogans, and shot their right arms up in a rigid fascist salute to the empty second-floor balcony...
Despite Zumwalt's persuasiveness, not all military men agree that making life easier for troops and sailors is a good thing. The Marine Corps is determined to be as tough and rigid as ever, perhaps more so in order to claim greater eliteness. "We will continue to take the hard line," says one Marine general. "We think we can get 200,000 volunteers, cut their hair and shave their faces. It will be a challenge, but maybe it's the only one left...
...Possible. A man of rigid habits, "Gianni" Bucher had left his house in a residential section of Rio at precisely 8:45 a.m., and followed precisely the same route he always took for the 15-minute trip downtown to the Swiss embassy. As his big Buick cruised down a busy street, half-a-dozen gunmen in two cars forced it to a screeching halt. They mortally wounded Bucher's Brazilian bodyguard when he appeared to be reaching for a pistol, then pushed the ambassador into a waiting car and roared off. The last thing the chauffeur heard Bucher...
...month) have watched their real purchasing power shrink by about 50% over the last ten years. Then, too, Medici has yet to make good on his early talk of "free universities, free political parties, free unions and freedom of the press." Newspapers still squirm under requirements for rigid self-censorship, and even nonradical students tend to be alienated by the generals' power to fire offending professors at will. Under pressure from hard-liners in the military, the President has backed away from a promise to give up his dictatorial powers and leave "democracy definitely installed" by the time...
...nine American leaders of the Baha'i faith, a Persian religion resembling Unitarianism that advocates world brotherhood and universal education. A Stanford graduate, he joined the ed school faculty there, ran the Peace Corps training program, and continually tried to inspire public schools to break up their rigid schedules. The "modular" class system he advocates−16-to 20-minute periods that can be endlessly recombined for different subjects−is now used in 500 schools, from Temple City, Calif., to Sarasota...