Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shanker, president of the 600,000-member American Federation of Teachers, lambasted the President's views on education as "embarrassing and destructive." But over a lunch of shrimp salad at the White House last week, Reagan and the feisty union leader had a convivial talk and, in a coup for the President, Shanker said he was willing to explore different methods of compensation for teachers. "Ronald Reagan has been a disaster," he said. "But if he does something right, I'm not going to dump...
...Peru's fledgling democracy is actually from the right. In Lima's coffee houses, talk often turns to fears that the Sendero attacks will strengthen the hand of military hard-liners who would prefer a more authoritarian government. There have even been rumors of a military coup similar to the one that deposed Belaúnde in his first term as democratically elected President...
Foot's wife, Feminist Author Jill Craigie, inadvertently seemed to deliver the coup de grâce to her husband's chances in an interview with the Reading Evening Post. "Even if the party wins," said Craigie, "I should not think that he would stay on for long because it would be time to make way for a younger man." Asked if Foot would resign as leader if Labor lost, she replied: "Oh, yes." When newsmen queried the candidate about his wife's remarks, he seemed oddly reluctant to dispute them, though he insisted that...
...fact account of a thwarted CIA plot to overthrow Surinam's government. Convinced that the South American country's leader Lt. Col. Desi Bouterse might be soft on Communism. America's favorite foreign policy arm hatched a scheme to oust his regime, which seized power in a military coup in 1980. According to The Times' report, the CIA plan called for a paramilitary force composed primarily of Surinamese exiles to infiltrate the capital city and take over the government Maybe a few American advisors would go along for the ride...
...Supreme Court ruling administered the coup de grace to one of the Administration's major political blunders. It stemmed from the Internal Revenue Service's denial of tax exemptions for Bob Jones University of Greenville, S.C., which bars interracial dating and marriage, and the Goldsboro Christian Schools of Goldsboro, N.C., which excludes black students. Rejecting tax breaks for discriminatory schools had been IRS policy since 1970. But Bob Jones University and Goldsboro Christian sued, claiming that their racial practices were dictated by religious beliefs and were thus constitutionally protected. On Jan. 8, 1982, Reagan, bowing to pressure from...