Word: strongman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dominant tribes, Gowon, who belongs to the small Anga tribe, split Nigeria's four federal regions into twelve states. He allows them to handle their internal affairs but intervenes discreetly to make sure all tribes are consulted on local government decisions. Although Gowon rose to power as strongman of an army coup eight years ago, he believes that "you must bring all factions into the process, consult them, advise them, prod them, but above all, make them part of things. It is the only way to build a true nation...
...epicenter of protest is at the campus of Seoul National University, whose rebellious students helped topple the regime of former Strongman Syngman Rhee in 1960. What galvanized the students this time was the diplomatic furor created by the kidnaping, purportedly by CIA agents, of exiled former Opposition Leader Kim Dae Jung from a hotel in Tokyo. At a rally last month, 400 students demanded an end to the terrorist rule of the CIA, the "whole truth" about the Kim abduction and restoration of press freedom...
Actor Rod Steiger, 48, has made a name for himself in strongman roles as Napoleon in Waterloo, Al Capone in Al Capone and the redneck police chief in In the Heat of the Night. For his latest megalomaniac, Steiger has shaved his head and lost 45 Ibs. in order to work with Italian Director Carlo Lizzani on a movie (being shot in English) tentatively called Mussolini... the Last Act. Newsreel flashbacks of the real Duce strutting and posturing at the height of his power will be interspersed with scenes of Steiger playing Mussolini during the last four days...
...Saudi king long resisted calls by such firebrands as Libya's Strongman Muammar Gaddafi and Iraq's President Ahmed Hassan Bakr that the Arabs wield their "oil weapon" for political gains. But after Egypt and Syria invaded Israel last month, Feisal finally agreed to cut back the flow of oil. Later, when President Nixon announced that he would ask Congress to send Israel $2.2 billion worth of arms, Feisal exploded with rage and shut...
...Arab world Sadat was bringing about a new sense of fraternity, particularly during the past six months. He regained the support of King Feisal, who was said to feel chagrined that his advice to the Egyptian President about ousting the Russians had been mistaken. Libya's hotheaded strongman Muammar Gaddafi (TIME cover, April 2) wanted to unite with Egypt immediately; Sadat persuaded him instead to accept a gradualist approach to the merger (partly as a result, Gaddafi has sulked and done little during the current fighting...