Word: coupes
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...Inspired by the pan-Arabism ideals of nationalistic Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser, a 27-year-old Gaddafi successfully organized a coup to overthrow Libyan King Idris...
...Israeli government whim to keep them precariously one step away from “full fledged humanitarian crisis.” When this did not cause a revolt against Hamas in Gaza, Israel and the U.S., according to an article in Vanity Fair not yet refuted, organized a PLO coup, which failed, and led Hamas to expel the PLO from Gaza. There was eventually a truce between Israel and Hamas...
...Sanders, magazine editors are embodied on screen (see Annette Bening, Candice Bergen, Vanessa Williams and, in the upcoming Shopaholic, Kristen Scott Thomas). And who can forget Meryl Streep's portrayal of a Wintoury editor in The Devil Wears Prada (whose character, by the way, managed to avert a managerial coup)? (See the best magazine covers...
...fact, J. Crew scored a clothing coup throughout the Inaugural festivities. The girls also wore J. Crew coats to Sunday's star-studded "We Are One" concert, which was broadcast on HBO. The next night, at the Kids' Inaugural concert, where the Obama gals and military families rocked out to Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers, Michelle donned an olive J. Crew cardigan over a blue J. Crew skirt and top. The First Lady also wore green J. Crew gloves to the Inauguration. The company says the pieces were designed specifically for the new First Family, though J. Crew...
...perceived in Latin America resonates more robustly with the wider world today. Bush certainly found that out when the international community, in ways rarely seen during the gringo interventionist days of the Cold War, condemned the White House's early backing of the 2002 Venezuela coup. Likewise, good relations with leaders like Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, perhaps Latin America's most respected head of state today for his smart blend of capitalism and socialism, make a more positive impression in Europe, Asia and Africa...