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Word: coupes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Behind the assaults loomed the stocky, swarthy figure of Georgy Maximovich Pushkin, Soviet ambassador to the German Democratic Republic. Pushkin had successfully directed the Red rape of Hungary; in 3½ years as Russian ambassador in Budapest he had discreetly masterminded many a Communist coup, including the trials of Cardinal Mindszenty and ex-Foreign Minister Laszlo Rajk. Last December he took over his duties in Germany. Last week U.S. officials in Germany were wondering if Pushkin's pogrom might be prelude to a new Russian plan to seize all Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Again Berlin | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

...Loudun, a town of 5,313 in western France, is still a little proud of its reputation for casual wickedness. "I think," said a bookseller of Loudun last week, "it is because of our fine white wines. One can drink liters, like water, but suddenly it hits like a coup de fusil and even the old feel young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Arsenic & White Wine | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...York. Since the February 1948 coup in Prague, Acting Deputy Consul Vladislav Matejcek and his colleague, Arnost Fried, had been mulling over when to break with their Communist government. On the same day Dr. Rudzinski mailed his resignations to the Polish U.N. delegation, Matejcek and Fried mailed theirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Now Is the Hour | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

...coup was businesslike and icy on both sides. Nobody was arrested. Consul General Clubb destroyed some of his codes and dispatches, moved the rest without interference into his residence next door. In Washington, the Department of State signaled for the orderly closing down of consulates in Peking, Tientsin, Shanghai, Tsingtao and Nanking. Nobody was sure when or how the 135 members of the consular families would be granted exit permits. For the first time in 105 years, the U.S. would shortly be without listening posts in China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Appointment in Peking | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

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