Sentence examples for authoritarian years from inspiring English sources

The most striking achievements of these authoritarian years were in economic growth and foreign policy.

It was as a farmer himself that De Oliveira sat out most of the authoritarian years in Portugal under António Salazar, before the Carnation Revolution of 1974 ushered in a new era of productivity – but the period of inactivity at least offered him the opportunity for introspection.

In fact, there is little doubt that the authoritarian 65-year-old Mr Nazarbaev, who has been in office since before independence in 1991, will win re-election on December 4th for another seven-year term.

Most supporters are older conservatives who remember her father's authoritarian 18-year rule, beginning in 1961, when their country began its remarkable surge towards becoming an economic power.

Abdel-Fattah helped organise the demonstrations that began on January 25 and ended Mubarak's 30-year rule 18 days later, only to see Egypt return to what human rights groups call an authoritarian state after years of upheaval.

Many Latin countries adopted strict term limits in the 1970s and '80s to check authoritarian impulses after years of dictatorships.

But many believe that it had become authoritarian, that nine years of power is enough and that cronyism means that a few have got rich while life remains a struggle for the vast majority.In 2008 Georgia was defeated in a conflict with Russia in two breakaway regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Because of this, it was not released domestically in the officially atheist and authoritarian Soviet Union for years after it was completed, except for a single 1966 screening in Moscow.

[Page A6.] The 84-year-old former dictator was accused of abducting, torturing and executing thousands of political prisoners during his 17-year authoritarian rule in Chile.

But Mr. Mikhlafi's new role is emblematic of how opposition voices that were marginalized under the 33-year authoritarian rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh have gained increasing influence as the government in Yemen has grown even weaker since his ouster.

The conflict also sharply increased chances that Yemen's three-month uprising could turn into a militia-led revolt after street protests and Arab mediation failed to crack Saleh's 32-year authoritarian rule.