Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Publisher Cromie gloried in a great coup. On May 11 he had mailed out copies of an editorial entitled "World Rulership Swings West," in which he said: "When President Roosevelt issued invitations to his White House Party two weeks ago, there was no question then as to who was running the world; and there was no question as to where world headquarters is, and probably will be for some time. ... If the world rejects Roosevelt leadership it will stay exactly where it is today, and humanity will continue to suffer and retrogress. If the world accepts...
Eager to take advantage of the publicity which this unexpected coup offered, the Lampoon treasurer conferred at once with CRIMSON editors to determine what policy they should follow in dealing with the captive, in order to afford the best stories for metropolitan papers. Meantime, efficient telephoning from the Lampoon office had brought two press photographers to the steps of Randolph Hall, where in the drizzling rain they patiently waited for the "encounter" which Lampoon editors had promised, and to which CRIMSON men had courteously been invited. After some delay, caused by the jesters' belief that there were not sufficient reporters...
Because humbly-born Reza Shah did not inherit his Throne but wrested Persia's Government from weak, sensuous, do-nothing Ahmed Shah by a coup d'état in 1921, TIME will continue to call His Imperial Majesty "dynamic, self-made...
...loyal Chargé d'Affaires Azodi all praise for emphasizing that four years after the coup d'état Persia's Majlis (Parliament) formally deposed Ahmed Shah, formally elevated Reza Shah to the Peacock Throne...
...Personalista is a man once called "the most popular man in Argentina," grizzled old Dr. Hipolito Irigoyen who was twice President (1916-22 and 1928-30), being overthrown in the middle of his second term by a military coup d'etat (TIME, Sept. 15, 1930). Between Dr. Irigoyen's first and second terms Argentina's President was his loyal henchman. Dr. Marcello T. de Alvear. Last week the Justo Government seized Dr. Irigoyen and Dr. de Alvear before anything was proved against them, rushed them aboard the despatch boat Golondrina and instructed it to make for Martin...