Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There have been at least four attempts on the life of Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios since 1970; and prior to the coup that temporarily ousted him in July of last year, he increased his security force dramatically. But since his return from exile last December, he has reduced the force, and continues his prelate's practice of permitting any member of a crowd to kiss his hand-while nervous security men look on. "He puts more faith in God for his protection than in men," says one resigned senior bodyguard. "And so far his survival record has proved...
...charge prices even higher than the rest of OPEC, the country suddenly found itself losing $20 million a month in foreign currency. The government slapped a 60% tax on luxury imports, such as automobiles; the levy has been so unpopular that it helped spur on plotters who attempted a coup against President Guillermo Rodriguez Lara a month...
...passed up the opportunity. That investment has since metamorphosed Into a 49% share of Rank Xerox, a Xerox division responsible for all sales of copiers outside the Western Hemisphere and the Far East; it returned Rank profits last year alone of $129 million. After that coup, though, Davis seemed to lose his touch...
...tickets to the baseball playoffs don't necessarily want to stay home on a weekend," athletic director Robert B. Watson offered as reason for this folly. "Now they can watch football, listen to the Sox and save money all at the same time." What a coup...
Iran is a country virtually run by one person--the Shah, who came to power 22 years ago in a CIA-sponsored coup. A force of 70,000 ever-present secret police, the SAVAK, makes it impossible to question the Shah's policies...