Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lithuanian troops busied themselves last week in expelling across their border a detachment of Polish frontier guards who had wandered into Lithuania while celebrating with valiant potations the Pilsudski coup. (TIME, May 24 et seq., POLAND...
...pikestaff loomed Pilsudski's chagrin at not obtaining a three-fifths parliamentary majority-either at his own election or Moscicki's-wherewith to amend radically the Constitution, increase vastly the executive power, and institute the broad program of reforms which he envisioned at the time of his coup...
While Germany continues to be harassed by economic burdens, however, the danger of a coup d'etat is always present. These rumors should remind the Entente of the peril of keeping their former foe dismantled. For howevermuch a recuperated Germany might be a menace, a Germany modelled on the virulently national Fascist pattern would be even more formidable...
...socialist republic. Capitalists who dread Socialism will then sigh with relief to find their worst bugbear so completely discounted in Germany. And political students who question the strength of Republican sentiment in Germany will have their doubts settled by the greatest popular referendum since Napoleon III staged his coup d'etat...
Marriage. During the years that followed this initial coup, Zaharoff achieved a reputation for being almost impervious to feminine charm. Although he entertained lavishly, his interest appeared to center wholly in munitions. He maintained a home in almost every European capital, merely as a convenience, since he traveled incessantly. In 1918 George V, R. I., created him a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, "for war services." In 1921 the still grateful British Government advanced him to the Grand Cross of the Bath, "for war services." Still he remained a bachelor...