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cultural cultural Chernobyl a cultural disaster; an event which is considered to be detrimental to the culture of a particular country, used originally and chiefly with reference to the opening of the Euro Disney theme park near Paris in April 1992. The phrase is a translation of French
Tchernobyl Culturel (as used by the theatre director Ariane Mnouchkine) from the name
Chernobyl, site of a serious nuclear accident in the Ukraine in 1986.
Cultural Revolution a political upheaval in China 1966–8 intended to bring about a return to revolutionary Maoist beliefs. Largely carried forward by the
Red Guard, it resulted in attacks on intellectuals, a large-scale purge in party posts, and the appearance of a personality cult around Mao Zedong. It led to considerable economic dislocation and was gradually brought to a halt by premier Zhou Enlai.
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When Liberia grows too boring.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...under the firm but fair thumb of Jose Gaspar Rodriguez Francia--El Supremo to you--who...visaged, lean, inexorable Dr Francia": thus the haunting phrase of...atrabiliar earnestness". Once Francia died in 1840 (of natural causes...
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National Day of Paraguay.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 5/14/2005; 535 words
; ...Paraguay declared its independence from Spain. Jose Gaspar Rodriguez Francia who ruled Paraguay until 1840, adopted a policy...its Consulate in the Philippines, headed by Consul Jose Mari Delgado, on the occasion of their National...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Laughing in the face of death; Books.(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 3/2/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...and massacre the native population. But its modern reign of terror began in 1814 with the presidency of Dr Jose Gaspar Rodriguez Francia, 'The Supreme One', who closed the colleges, banned fiestas, had all dogs shot, made mixed-race marriages...
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Augusto Roa Bastos: Outwitting reality
Magazine article from: Americas; 11/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...the self-assigned epithet of Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, declared himself perpetual...came to identify strongly with Francia's sense of isolation and solitude...Enlightenment, another trait shared with Francia. In 1932, with the outbreak...
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But Where's George?; Trying Out for a Role on the Global Stage, Mount Vernon Downplays Its Lead Character
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/5/2009; 700+ words
; ...In Paraguay, they could put up the house of Dr. Francia, who is an important historical figure for Paraguay...the world would say, 'Who? What?' " (Dr. Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia y Velasco was the first leader of Paraguay after...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Paraguay vulnerable to Chavez-like leader
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...authoritarianism in Latin America. My focus has been on Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, a fascinating man who ruled Paraguay with an iron...brims when they met him. A modern-day version of Francia might be in the offering. A coalition known as...
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you might never know george slept here.(Daily Break)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...In Paraguay, they could put up the house of Dr. Francia, who is an important historical figure for Paraguay...the world would say, 'Who? What?'\" (Dr. Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia y Velasco was the first leader of Paraguay after...
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A beautiful, nasty country: the long-running woes of Burma.(ASIA)(Country overview)
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...extreme than that of, say, North Korea, Cambodia, China, or even Paraguay under its first dictator, Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, but it was sufficient to keep Burma isolated from the rest of the world. Burma was for long the only country...
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El fiscal.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 9/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Chaco War in Paraguay (1932-35), and Yo el Supremo was a fictional treatment of the dictatorship of Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, El fiscal is set against a backdrop of historical events: on the one hand the recent dictatorship of Alfredo...
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STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON PARAGUAY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...formative years saw three strong leaders who established the tradition of personal rule that lasted until 1989: Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, Carlos Antonio Lopez, and his son, Francisco Solano Lopez. The younger Lopez waged a war against Argentina...
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