Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...force of arms as a general policy, but I believe that censure of such action under unusual circumstances is a debatable point. Therefore having in mind the extremely unusual circumstances which brought Mussolini to the forefront. I would like to say a few words in defence of his coup...
...circle. He was so vibrant that I found my heart thumping with excitement, as though I had drunk champagne, which I hadn't! He talks a lot, but talks well; is never dull. Last week Mr. Swope?Herbert Bayard Swope?newspaperman extraordinary and editor plenipotentiary, put over a coup. Swope, executive editor of The New York World, went to Washington in a private car, trailing substantial citizens and potent business men in his wake. He returned home jingling the Democratic National Convention of 1924 in his pocket. The story of that event really began 42 years and 10 days earlier...
...world he is a famous figure. His recreations are racing and shooting and he excels at both. To win the Derby is as difficult as becoming Prime Minister. It is typical of Lord Derby that he has never given up trying. One day he may effect the cherished double coup...
...Calles renounced his candidacy for the Presidency and offered his services to President Obregon. The President put him at the head of 28,000 troops, already on their way to Vera Cruz. President Obregon issued a manifesto to the people calling upon them for support against the Huertista military coup. A strict censorship was imposed on telegraph, telephone, mails...
Later, the question of pride entered the discussion. Communist Deputy Lazzari declared that the Bolshevik revolution was better and superior in every way to Mussolini's coup...