martial-law

On Wednesday, September 16, 1970, four days after Joy and all but fifty-seven of the plane hostages had been released, King Hussein dismissed his civilian government and appointed a martial-law cabinet.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

On Wednesday, September 16, 1970, four days after Joy and all but fifty-seven of the plane hostages had been released, King Hussein dismissed his civilian government and appointed a martial-law cabinet.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

Dorr fled the state, and the movement fizzled out, hastened by a martial-law crack-down by King and his troops.

David Segal: Mad Hatters Don't Have Monopoly on Patriotism 2009

There are political prisoners—estimates run from 1,000 to 2,000—and occasionally stories of people being taken from their homes at night for lengthy, sometimes brutal interrogations under martial-law decrees that have been in force since the Nationalists got here.

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

If we credit Grogan's account, he nearly struck Bowen at the end of September 1966, when he spied his rival ripping down Digger posters urging hippies to ignore the martial-law curfew imposed during the Hunter's Point conflagration.

Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

What if they KNOW something is coming that is going to result in martial-law, crackdowns, anti-goverment upswelling in general (the kind that get's your head separated from your body) that has their knees shaking?

GOP Congressman Ferguson Retiring 2009

The specific problems of martial-law central planning are tied to the way the US has chosen to do business.

Lew Rockwell: Soviet-Style Rule in Iraq 2008

But now he had a problem: everybody in southern China seemed to recognize his face from Hong Kong television, and martial-law troops were swarming around the border posts.

Still On The Wing 2008

All the scenarios about election-tampering, even some I heard about a martial-law coup to avoid an Obama victory by canceling the election, have now been established as fear-driven fantasies, period.

Let The Healing Begin 2008

Every other Pakistani military dictator had top political personalities or a strong political organization supporting his martial-law regime.

Perils Of Power 2008