Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This was no ordinary Harvard professor or racetrack bum. This was Mr. D., a man who had come to Boston to serve as the consul for a South American country. When the government of his native land was overthrown by a left-wing coup, Mr. D. was out of a job and started betting the horses full-times. The socio-political aspects of horseracing can be plainly seen in the gentleman's moved insight into the sports...
...serious coup attempt? With two antique planes, eight helicopter gunships and half a hundred remarkably restrained paratroopers, it hardly seemed credible. Two theories circulated in Lisbon and elsewhere...
...fact an attempted coup but one prematurely triggered, either by moderate-to-rightist officers who were growing restive over growing radical power in Portugal, or by radicals who wanted to see it crushed before it could become more dangerous...
...Education and Welfare. "What we are witnessing in Lisbon," Carlucci told TIME Correspondent Gavin Scott, "is a well-oiled, well-directed smear campaign." As an example, he cited a newspaper story that he had served in Chile and had given Spinola the green light for last week's coup. "Well," said Carlucci, "I have never met Spinola and have never been in Chile...
...thing that emerged clearly from the coup attempt was that political moderates in Portugal have suffered a setback. Whether it will prove fatal remains to be seen. The government announced that next month's elections will be held as scheduled, but they may not mean a great deal if enough fringe parties are banned...