Word: ructions
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...populace. Day after his recognition by the U. S., a General Manuel Orellana rushed with troops out of Fort Matamoras where he was commandant, booted out Acting President Palma, took the office himself. A half-hour's gun play left 57 persons killed or wounded. During the ruction somebody killed Gen eral Mauro de Leon, who as No. 1 Designate, should have succeeded ailing President Chacon but for the fact that he had recently accepted a cabinet post as Minister of War, was therefore ineligible under the Guatemalan Constitution. The U. S. State Department was in a tight place...
...hissed by women spectators. After her own appeal, Mrs. Peabody sat down in the front row to coach other Dry witnesses with "Stick to your statement," "Don't answer that," "Don't give any names." Her asides, discovered next day in the stenographic transcript, precipitated such a ruction within the committee that Chairman Graham had to adjourn the meeting for the members "to cool...
...sympathetic audience for Max's troubles, then as an increasingly unwilling provider of Max's women. Victor's secretary, Phyllis, is the first to go. For a while the three of them try living together in an idyllic but badly managed flat; then comes the inevitable ruction, and Victor is left with a disgruntled, slightly shocked cook and Phyllis's two children...