Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There were rumors of a military coup, but after a tense meeting, the conservative Army Superior Council agreed to accept the government's decision "for patriotism's sake." Exiles were given passports to return home. Carrillo led the way, followed by others, including La Pasionaria from Moscow and Communist Poet Rafael Alberti from Rome. This spring Suárez's government legalized trade unions and restored the right of workers to strike. Finally, it reestablished diplomatic relations, severed since 1939, with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe...
...Evans nearly drives himself into the ground working for this man. During the campaign, Evans's father returns home, escaping from the explosion of a military coup in Latin America, and dies shortly thereafter. That, and the worsening election day prospects, take their toll on Evans. His enthusiasm flags, Shadwell's standing in the polls drops as his opponent launches a vicious attack based mainly on an antibusing theme, and not even a desperate series of rallies in the last week can save Tom Jeff...
Will governments fall? Can the Commies beat the Capitalists? Will the U.S. sweep the Nobel prizes two years in a row? Tune in ABC for the Super Bowl of news and instant replay on the Coup-of-the-Week...
...propensity to date other men unnerves Gene. His sexual and romantic fidelity evidently is superflous to her, for she engages in dalliances with all comers. The coup d'grace occurs when Gene arrives home to find Lou sharing a Pabst Blue Ribbon with dapper Steven Alexander, math teacher at Boyton University. His outraged reaction and her unwillingness to be relegated to one man precipitate the couple's breakup, an event that sends the free-lance student reeling through Maine, Iowa, and California...
...survived the questions about my parents, grandparents and place of residence pretty well, and pulled off a real coup when I told him I had a cousin in the IRA. I thought I had him aced until he popped The Question...