Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unruly Veep. Another crisis was still to come. Under the impression that Frondizi's troubles made him ripe for ousting, a group of his political enemies attempted a coup. For their front man they chose Vice President Gomez. Gomez went to Frondizi, told him that unless he stepped down and allowed Gomez to step up as head of a coalition government, blood would be shed. Frondizi quickly checked with his army chiefs, found no sign of dissension, then faced Gomez. Outmaneuvered, Gomez backed off. later claimed that it was "all a tremendous mistake" and that...
...planes, C.R. pulled off a financial coup by arranging to sell $40 million in preferred stock issues and $40 million in debentures, by far the biggest airline financing till then. Since the unprecedented move came at a time when airline finances were weakening, it was touch and go whether the underwriters would not back out at the last minute. Said Smith to an associate, when he sat down to sign the deal: "Boy, if we hadn't got to work on time this morning, we wouldn't have any deal...
Dennis L. White '60 resigned his post as chairman of the Committee to Study Disarmament last night. White led the recent "coup" which attempted unsuccessfully to change the CSD into the Council Against Appeasement...
Upon the success of the coup, Mirza appointed General Ayub Martial Law Administrator. After three weeks, however, the latter sent three generals to visit Mirza. They received Mirza's "gracious assent" to their proposal that he leave the country...
...method, that of military dictatorship, may be as hard for Americans to accept as the man. But surely the ten years since Jinnah's death argue well against democracy. As Ayub's former partner said at the time of the coup, "I am quite certain that we could never have fair and honest elections. When we did hold municipal elections in Karachi only 28 per cent voted and a full 50 per cent of the votes were bogus." Mirza concluded that "Democracy without education is hypocrisy without limitation...