Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...train of events after the knockdown surpassed even the coup de grace itself. The camera focused on the supine Liston, but there was no ign of referee Jersey Joe Walcott administreing the mandatory eight count. Then, as Liston vainly tried to get up, Clay dashed into the picture, being restrained by Wolcott, just as the challenger was tumbling down again after having risen to one knee...
...last we Venezuelans can be sure that while Johnson or someone like him is President of the U.S., no Communist coup will be successful in Venezuela because the great U.S. Marines will be there to stop them...
...secret police, took a leading part in the 1937 slaughter of 15,000 Haitian squatters. Young Caamaño joined the navy in 1950, proved so contentious that he was bucked to the marines, next to the police, finally to the army. He helped in the 1963 coup that exiled Bosch, and plotted against his successor...
...leaders have won him at least passive support from that quarter, and his handling of the military has also shown promise. When a group of junior naval officers mutinied against Admiral Chung Tan Cang - thus setting in motion a chain of military movements that could have ended in a coup -Quat quickly brought the mutineers to trial for breach of discipline. At the same time, he suspended Cang pending a full investigation of the mutineers' charges: graft and malfeasance. Military order was maintained, and the customary Vietnamese tactic of taking the law into one's own hands...
...show little team spirit, spend far too much time on petty jurisdictional squabbles. As much as anything, Quat's longevity is based on the simple fact that the Armed Forces Council is currently split into four or five groups-none seemingly powerful enough to bring off a coup at the moment. Many of the generals seem too bored with the Council to attend its meetings, and last week there was even talk of dissolving the body-an act which could upset Quat's delicate balance. On the other hand, it could give Quat more freedom of action, particularly...