Word: coups
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DIED. TODOR ZHIVKOV, 86, Bulgarian communist leader whose 35 years in office, the longest of any East bloc ruler, resulted largely from his acquiescence to Moscow; in Sofia. Zhivkov was ousted in a bloodless 1989 coup condoned by Gorbachev, but left the nation with a $10 billion foreign debt...
...them into whatever offices they could, telling them to stay put as they tried to restore order and determine whether Weston was acting alone. The building was sealed, and officers began a room-to-room search, blocking stairways and elevators. When they had determined that this was not a coup, not a conspiracy, but rather another loner with a gun, they finally let people leave, filing back out into the sunshine, past the ambulances and fire trucks and microphones, while the FBI, Secret Service, ATF and D.C. police arrived to join in the search for evidence and answers...
...perhaps a gesture of gratitude that when it came time to announce McCurry's not-so-surpising resignation as press secretary, President Clinton poked his head into McCurry's daily briefing Thursday and did the disseminating himself for a change. "Much to my regret . . . the long-awaited coup in the press office is finally taking place," Clinton said, and it's no surprise that the President's smile seemed a little rueful...
Could there be a coup in Moscow? BORIS YELTSIN took the rumor of one seriously enough recently to scramble his top military and security chiefs in a demonstration of strength. "We have sufficient forces to nip in the bud any plans to seize power," he told the commanders--a surprising and rare admission that such a risk might exist. He praised the military and interior forces for their close coordination, and pledged that they--unlike other workers--would be paid on time. (Sources tell TIME that Defense Minister IGOR SERGEYEV had prepared to resign over the government's failure...
...flew to France after that for a week on the earnings from the reunions and experienced Coup-de-Monde frenzy (minus Coupe de Monde tickets): swarms of people obsessed with nationalistic fervor in the midst of Parisian clamor--yellow face-painted Brazilians, mad Celts (I've never seen so many men in skirts in my life)--and the Eiffel Tower at night, as beautiful as its reputation claims. Breathtaking. Worth the trip...