Word: coups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blistering plea to save the Soviet Union from Gorbachev's reforms. The letter, which Prokhanov wrote, marked the birth of the union between Communists and nationalists that some fear will transform Zyuganov's coalition into a Russian version of Hitler's National Socialist party. It also foreshadowed the failed coup by party hard-liners the following month. Although he proudly calls himself a "leading ideologist" of the attempt, Zyuganov was on vacation when it happened and he did not return to Moscow until it was over...
Clearly, Post scored a public relations coup. "Every statistic, every survey we took only showed that our customers were becoming more and more dissatisfied," says Mark Leckie, general manager of Post cereals. "You can see them walking down cereal aisles, clutching fistfuls of coupons and looking all over the shelves, trying to match them with a specific brand...
...core beliefs of Zyuganov's followers because they come in so many shapes and sizes. Sitting in the seats the communists already hold in parliament are such ill-matched party comrades as General Albert Makashov, who led the armed assault on Moscow's main television center during the abortive coup of October 1993; the so-called red millionaire Vladimir Semago, who is reported to own a string of city casinos; and Yuri Maslyukov, the last head of the Soviet State Planning Commission and a candidate member of Gorbachev's Politburo. He still believes, as Gorbachev did, that with some fine...
...what did Bill Clinton have to endure for his photographic coup of getting 29 world leaders to stand shoulder-to-shoulder against terrorism? Opening statements, lots of opening statements--as in 250 minutes of self-congratulatory remarks from all the global egos present. They went on so long that Clinton, having flown overnight aboard Air Force One with a rambunctious King Hussein of Jordan as a roommate, periodically verged on nodding off. In fact, the hour allotted for the actual meeting of the leaders had to be cut back to 20 minutes because of the remarks. In any case, negotiations...
...credit, this Hamlet has beautifully integrated production elements, as Robert Brill's inspired sets lead the actors into a maze of inner and outer spaces, anticipating their every move. Brill accomplishes a minor coup when Hamlet kills Polonius behind a curtain that runs from floor to ceiling of the theatre. The enormous curtain drops to the ground, burying Polonius under...