Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...biggest coup, however, is attributed to Maria L. Kivisild '69, the first woman elected Undergraduate Association President (UAP) and the first to sit as an officer on M.I.T.'s governing body, the Executive Council...
...Nothing." What gave monarchy the coup de grace, De Gramont suggests, was a new power, a new style setter: public opinion. "My infallible Queen," Jacques Necker, one of Louis XVl's Finance Ministers, called it in a switch of fealty. Public opinion, influenced by Voltaire and a prestigious literary antiEstablishment, made regal style seem dated and absurd even to aristocrats...
...coup is now in the past. What of the future? For several years, radio antennas in the U.S., Britain, France, Russia and Australia have been scanning other galaxies, on the off-chance that some sort of creature might be sending signals to earth. When and if such a communication is established, it is certain that it will require cryptanalysts to read the message...
That ended the diplomatic boycott that foreign nations had imposed on the Athens regime since King Constantine fled to Rome last December after his abortive coup. From now on, the junta will be able to conduct the business of state just like any other government, and the junta-appointed regent will be recognized as head of state by other nations until the King returns. The action undercut King Constantine's bargaining position with the junta, but he kept silent...
Audrey Hepburn as the housewife is totally appealing. Her physical frailty is a genuine asset here, and she deserves an award just for keeping her "blind" eyes looking in the proper direction throughout. The real acting coup is Alan Arkin's. As a homocidal-sex maniac, Arkin is bone-chilling. His use of sunglasses, an eventual plot element, helps prevent associating him with the lovable sailor of The Russians Are Coming...