Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last May, a military coup toppled the Sudan's civilian government, and policy toward the south began to change. There is little doubt that the southern problem is the chief concern of Major General Gaafar Mohamed Nimeri, leader of the new government. Within two weeks after taking power, he set down a four-point plan calling for southern regional autonomy, and he has ordered the army to help build up the south's economy. Addressing his troops in the south two weeks ago, he said: "Now you must carry a rifle in one hand and a tool...
...after 26 years, and the part is made to order. As Agent Letisha Van Allen, Mae West sets up shop on a huge bed to interview handsome young men-prospective victims for voracious, transsexual Myra Breckinridge. There was no press conference fanfare over 20th Century's latest casting coup ("Mae likes the press, all right," explained a studio flack, "but individually, one by one"); the word was simply passed that Miss West would share top billing with Raquel Welch (Myra) and get a minimum of $350,000 for her role. Still a perfectionist at 76, Mae claims that...
Shortly after he seized power in a 1961 coup, South Korea's President Chung Hee Park revised the constitution, limiting the chief executive's tenure to two terms. Park wanted to make certain that there could never be another marathon reign like that of former President Syngman Rhee, who ruled for 13 years. Last week, after eight years in power, Park declared his intention to alter the constitution to allow himself to run in 1971 for a third term. If successful, Park would be in office until 1976-one year longer than Rhee...
...Democratic League, whose leaflets urge Greeks, "If you can't say it with votes, say it with bombs." Then there is the Patriotic Front, run by the Communists. There are also the Restless ex-Friends of the Revolution; onetime supporters of the junta's 1967 coup, they feel the regime has failed to bring social and political reforms...
...Greek resistance movement has been ineffective. Though tourism fell 20% in the first two summers after the coup, it has rebounded sharply to precoup levels. Athens and the Greek isles are once more crowded with foreign visitors. Pressure on the U.S. has also been fruitless. Unwilling to press a valuable NATO ally too far, Washington has limited its efforts with the regime to friendly persuasion, a cut in heavy arms supplies, and the failure to appoint a new ambassador to Athens...