Word: coupes
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...standing feature of the show. These figures are present, but worked into a feckless and meandering story, which features "A Dangerous Lady" (Virginia Madsen) in a white trenchcoat, who is actually the Angel of Death, come to claim "The Axeman" (Tommy Lee Jones), who is present to administer the coup de grace to the program. There are a number of subplots in the film, in the best of which Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin play singing sisters, once promising, now more than a little forlorn...
...wasn’t the first time Houghton had been tied to a corporate coup...
...been to seize the embassy for just a few days and use it as a platform to broadcast Iranian grievances against the U.S. Those mostly stemmed from Washington's longtime support of the Shah, who had been placed on the Peacock Throne in 1953, after a CIA-instigated coup deposed Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, who wanted to nationalize Iran's oil industry. As Bowden points out, by the time of the Iranian revolution, most Americans had forgotten all about the coup. Most Iranians had not. When the White House allowed the exiled Shah to enter the U.S. to seek treatment...
Rumsfeld, who was not pleased, called Hayden into his office to chew him out. Hayden argued that his sworn duty as a general was to give his honest opinion when asked. So among CIA insiders, his appointment to head the largest civilian intelligence agency hardly represents a Rumsfeld coup. During private meetings on the Hill in advance of confirmation hearings scheduled to begin this week, Hayden said he would consider retiring from the uniformed military as part of assuming the CIA job. It may be that, in spirit at least, he already...
...near the Reichstag, Germany's parliament, in downtown Berlin to attract fans during the Cup. For a 1-euro ($1.25) entrance fee, spectators will be able to watch games on a big screen, test their skills at soccer stations and attend concerts. On the airways, Adidas scored a major coup by shutting out Nike ads on U.S. English-language broadcasts of the games. The company will also be the sole footwear sponsor on three popular soccer sites: ESPN Soccernet, Soccer on Yahoo! and FIFAWorldcup.com the official site. With the U.S. six to nine hours behind German prime time, distracted workers...