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the next day informing him of his dismissal and giving him until
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regime has shown that political parties could and would act against public interest", claiming that the new system was based on an idea "of organization, of order against chaos, of a regime of social harmony wherein the source of rights is work and one's fulfillment of one's civic obligations, and
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magazine printed a wry article claiming, for instance, that "she had long since been forgiven by most
Rumanians for her endorsements of face creams, her exuberant U.S. junket, and the fact that in the end most of her dowagerish intrigues gained nothing for Rumania." The next month, an offended
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adopted in 1938, which he said "sets up an equilibrium between liberty and authority...regulates the exercise of rights for the public good...insures...a disciplined liberty" and "disposes once and for all of partisan politics and libertine democracy." He repeated similar sentiments when the
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are paramount today. Her prosperity is well established and well deserved...Let us...express the wish for the continuous prosperity of the United States of
America and that of the entire civilized world."
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cabinet, with the expectation that he would upgrade and modernize his branch of the military. From 1936 to 1938, he served as
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constitution's second anniversary was celebrated on March 3, 1940: "The entire development of
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