The World - News from Nov. 22, 1985
The minority Social Democrats of Portuguese Prime Minister Anibal Cavaco Silva easily survived challenges from opposition parties in Parliament and assumed full control of the government. Deputies in the Assembly of the Republic failed to pass three motions that would have brought down Cavaco Silva’s 13-member center-right Cabinet. The government was formed two weeks ago as a result of balloting in which no party received a majority.
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