Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coup de grace came in the 200 freestyle when Bernal stacked the Crimson entries with co-captains Countryman and Ted Chappell, and junior Andy Lockman. Sandwiched around Tiger senior Craig Petersen, Chappell churned to a 1:39.89 clocking, with Lockman grabbing second...
DIED. Palden Thondup Namgyal, 58, former King of Sikkim, who defied tradition and married an American debutante, Hope Cooke, in 1963; of complications following cancer surgery; in New York City. Known for his efforts to modernize the tiny Himalayan kingdom, he lost his power in a 1973 coup and was formally deposed in 1975. He and his wife, who had returned to the U.S. with their two children, divorced...
...crisis, communication between governments is more, rather than less important." But critics are arguing that the Administration does not grasp the need to back up denunciations of Soviet pressure on Poland with clear, telling actions. In this view, the very decision to talk gives the Soviets a propaganda coup. Concedes one State Department official: "Everybody in Poland will see Haig and Gromyko sitting down together. It will look like the U.S. Government approves martial...
...violence is reaching new levels even for Guatemala, where left and right have been at bloody odds since a CIA-sponsored coup overthrew the left-leaning government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán in 1954. For 27 years, the country has been dominated by a coalition of conservative politicians and military figures who have been backed by the army. Fernando Romeo Lucas Garcia, the current president, is an army general himself. Despite Washington's support for the 1954 coup, relations between the two countries have been severely strained in recent years by Guatemala's appalling human rights record...
...York cinephiles atwitter with his presentation of the seven-hour Our Hitler. Last January he put a refurbished version of Abel Gance's 1927 epic Napoleon into the Music Hall, and played host to not just a celebrity party but an exhilarating film experience. After the Napoleon coup, movie wags were wondering which charismatic dictator Coppola would bring to New York in early 1982. Now they know. Frederic Forrest may be romancing Nastassia Kinski onscreen, but center stage will again be occupied by the One and Only. Lay-deez and Gentlemen . . . Francis Ford Patton Bonaparte Coppola! -By Richard Corliss...