Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Houston lawyer Arthur Dula a dreamy eccentric, or a cosmic entrepreneur? For nearly three years he has toiled with little success to find U.S. customers for the Soviet Union's space program. Undaunted, Dula scored a coup in June when the Soviet space agency named him its exclusive American business partner. The attorney now hawks everything from advertising space on Soviet rockets to tours of launching pads...
...same day that the New York Times was giving front-page play to both air accidents last month, it carried three paragraphs at the bottom of an inside page about rebel action in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed twelve people and wounded 17. Also in the crash aftermath, an alleged coup attempt in Burkina Faso that led to the execution of the second and third highest officers of government rated two paragraphs. Murders of Vietnamese settlers in Cambodia were cited in part of one paragraph in a more general story. That was in the Times, which excels in foreign coverage...
...communique also said five coup leaders had taken refuge at Fort Clayton, a U.S. base a few miles from Panama City. U.S. officials have refused comment on that report...
...arrest of Ow Young was puzzling because the officers who mounted Tuesday's coup effort had named him as an officer to be forcibly retired...
...Washington, Congressional leaders are criticizing President Bush for his inaction during the coup attempt, while top administration officials claim a lack of reliable intelligence made intervention too risky...