Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Senators needed only to look across the Capitol for an example of the chaos that can erupt when seniority is ignored. In a rare coup, Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin two years ago seized the chair of the House Armed Services Committee from Illinois' Melvin Price, then 80. Without the seniority shield, Aspin was himself toppled this year by his party's caucus. He had alienated liberals by supporting the MX missile and the contras, and offended many by his general tactlessness (he likened former Speaker Tip O'Neill to a "beached whale"). After two weeks of frenzied campaigning...
...Aquino, the incident triggered the worst crisis her eleven-month-old government has faced since a military coup attempt last November that fizzled before it got off the ground. Two hours after the marines opened fire at the bridge, word reached Malacanang of a further setback: talks had broken off between the government and the National Democratic Front, the political wing of the Communist New People's Army (N.P.A.) in the effort to end the Philippines' 18-year-old insurgency. Leftists as well as rightists quickly seized on the setbacks to launch attacks on the President...
...director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, argued that current controls were excessive. Despite the restrictions, the Soviets manage to obtain much of the sensitive technology they seek, said the group. Many of Moscow's gains come through espionage or illegal diversions from legitimate foreign customers. (One coup involved sophisticated look-down radar, originally a U.S. monopoly, now standard equipment on the latest Soviet MiG aircraft.) Meanwhile, friendly customers in Western Europe and Asia are increasingly looking outside the U.S. for goods on the dual-use list. In all, the study estimates, the controls cost the U.S. more than...
...Cory! Cory!" in Legaspi, 215 miles southeast of Manila, President Corazon Aquino was clearly moved. "I know you still love me," she said. Indeed they did. Swept into office eleven months ago on a tidal wave of popularity, the former housewife depended on that support to overcome a possible coup last November. But now she may be wondering just how that love will be expressed in the weeks ahead as she deals with a pair of pressing problems...
...President's opponents are using the ballot to muster support against the regime. Communists oppose the proposed constitution because it does not, they say, redress social injustices. Juan Ponce Enrile, who was fired as Defense Minister last November after allegedly orchestrating a coup attempt and is widely thought to want the presidency, opposes ratification because, he says, Aquino's abolition of Marcos' constitution undermined the legitimacy of her own rule. He calls Aquino the "new dictator...