Word: coups
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second letter puts forward a point of view which is probably shared by many who attended the last fiery meeting of the Debating Union. The Military Science Department was assuredly not intended to be the subject of the debate, although some warning of the impending "coup d'etat" was given in the news columns of the CRIMSON. But the agitation which its theoretical abolition has stirred up makes it evident that an opportunity to get to the root of the matter would be more than welcome. The Debating Union need not look for suitable topics as long...
...this amnesty will be the acid test of the new Ministry. On the other hand the Royalists are suspected of ulterior motives, as the famed General Metaxas, former Royailst general in the ill-fated Asia Minor campaigns against Mustafa Kemal, and leader of last autumn's Royalist coup d'état, is now at liberty to reenter Greek politics...
...parody number has for several years been the crowning effort of each Lampoon board. The pseudo-"Boston Transcript" and "Cosmopolitan" have been the most successful in the past decade, but almost a quarter-century ago Lampy scored its biggest coup by publishing an imitation CRIMSON. It was delivered at students' doors on a holiday morning when the regular CRIMSON did not appear, and the more credulous undergraduates were completely taken...
...National Assembly. His condition was not serious, but he was indisposed for several days. The Regent? Admiral Koundouristis requested M. Kafandaris, Royalist, quondam Minister of the Interior to form a Cabinet to succeed the Venizelos Government; Premier Venizelos resigned, on his doctor's advice. Despite rumors of a Republican coup détat to oust the great Premier, it was stated that his control of the Greek situation was prerequisite to the maintenance of friendly relations with foreign power. The Premier was to take a rest, but it was categorically affirmed that he would remain in some other capacity helmsman...
Trotsky himself has been banished by the triumvirate on account of "ill health." But no one expects that so powerful a man as Trotsky will abandon rule without creating a commotion. There are rumors of a "Napoleonic" coup...