Word: coups
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...coup that last week toppled Zanzibar's month-old government had its roots in racial conflict. Africans outnumber Arabs 5 to 1 on the tiny twin islands of Zanzibar and Pemba (pop. 310,000). In last year's elections, the two Arab parties won control of the government although the black Afro-Shirazi Party polled 54% of the vote. Now the blacks exercised their plurality in a more direct manner. Before the week was out, more than 500 Zanzibaris were dead, and the new government-packed with leftists loyal to Peking and Havana-threatened to make once-somnolent...
...babbled on, quieter but more dangerous men were busy. Back from the mainland, where they had gone in case the coup failed, rushed the people who would lead "the people": Afro-Shirazi Party Boss Abeid Karume and Umma's Abdul Rahman Mohammed, better known as "Babu" (Swahili for father). Karume, a burly, bull-necked labor leader who leans to Moscow (and therefore may be the group's moderate), became President, while Babu, whose experience in foreign affairs includes a recent trip to Peking, was named Foreign Minister. Vice President is Kassim Hanga, a bitter Zanzibari with a Russian...
...compacts. Now, since its compacts have grown bigger in size, G.M. believes that there is room in its line for the small Kadett, which is only 154.5 in. long and 54 in. high but will seat four adults. The Kadett will be available as a station wagon, hardtop coupé, and standard two-door sedan; the two-door sedan will probably sell for $1,655, only $60 more than the more austere Volkswagen costs...
Harvard's fencers swept to an overwhelming 22.5 rout over Brandeis at the last night. In an almost unprecedented coup, the foilmen clinched their victory early in the match by winning all of the first 14 bouts...
Already world leaders have expressed their congratulations. In Rome Madame Nhu called the book "a dramatic coup." The editors of Confidential and Whisper asked for "enough copies for everyone on our staff." Barry Goldwater said "I have always had great admiration for the youth of America...