Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When interviewed, the manager of the store chuckled over his coup as he watched the little group outside the window looking at the helmets, and observed that at the present rate of consumption the whole college should be equipped within the week...
Among the sportier introductions was the low-hung Six Cylinder Jordan (green finish with khaki top). Chevrolet had a-"Sport Cabriolet" which is a coupé of roadster type: an enclosed front compartment with a rumble seat in back. The Chevrolet line is now finished in grey and uses disc wheels. Chevrolet advertising spoke of "the most outstanding automotive success in recent years." For other cars, other merits were advertised...
...that the Albanian "earthquake" had not been recorded on the seismographs at Vienna and Belgrade; 2) that the only mention of the quake had been in Italian not Albanian papers; 3) that the "Red Cross" detachment was actually a group of Italian military strategists smuggled in to prepare a coup which would make Ahmed Zogu King of Albania and pave the way for an Italian attack on Jugoslavia through Albania...
...forced him to call Professor Augustine Valdemaras (Conservative) to the Premiership. Antona Smetona, for some 20 years a tireless exponent of Lithuanian nationalism, thus halted by force last week the growing rapprochement with Soviet Russia which was the policy of the ousted Socialist Cabinet. Then, to make his coup "constitutional" he forced President Grinius to resign, and finally compelled the Seimas (Parliament) to assemble and elect him (Smetona) President...
...great diplomatic coup was his alliance with France and England against Russia in the Crimean War. This seemingly visionary step, which gained him many foes, was based on the expected alliance of Austria with Russia. The neutrality of Austria balked this part of the scheme but Sardinia gained two powerful friends in western Europe, and was recognized as the leading state in Italy. Cavour's repute in European diplomatic circles was tremendously enhanced...