Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...masterful ambiguity, Salan acknowledged himself in authority but finished off with the rallying cry of the French colons in Algeria: "Vive De Gaulle!" On top of that came De Gaulle's "I am ready" statements from Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, neither endorsing nor disavowing Massu's coup -a fact sure to put new heart into the insurgents in Algiers, who were still refusing to submit to any authority save De Gaulle...
...month and a gusher of warm good will that has had more favorable impact on more Russians than any U.S. export-of word or deed since World War II. Ironically, the U.S. embassy was probably the last stronghold in Moscow to become aware of Van's coup; U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson and his wife had not even made plans to attend Van's finals audition until they were convinced by American contestants that to fail to appear would be a major blunder. And the committee of the Martha Baird Rockefeller Aid to Music Program, which paid the fare...
Every so often an administrative coup occurs in the art world in which some large-scale exhibition gets arranged, not according to school, cult, period, or what-have-you, but along lines of that universal artistic ideal which Malraux termed "the museum without walls." The old categorical approach is usually used, however, if not out of sheer inertia, at least for convenience's sake. For the current exhibition at Busch-Reisinger, however, the old method is most appropriate, for there are precious few canvases in the whole lot which transcend their particular philosophy, genre or gestalt...
...corruption, the ex-strongman became restless in his premature retirement. In 1948 he supported a presidential candidate who was soundly defeated. Then, in 1952, Batista ran for the presidency himself. Eighty-two days before the election, when it became obvious that he would lose, Batista staged an army coup, regained power, and has held it ever since...
...business than by the writing game, once dreamed of making his fortune in soybeans. (He was born into a Connecticut literary family, and his financial fancies, he thinks, were a kind of "adolescent rebellion in reverse.") Now a dedicated writer. Wilson is nevertheless in the midst of a business coup that is interesting publishers' row a lot more than soybeans. Author Wilson has taken a baby step toward becoming a co-publisher of his own novel...