Word: coups
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...Zyuganov joined several nationalist organizations and participated in a drive against Yeltsin, the President of Russia. When the ban was lifted in 1992, Zyuganov re-created his party and became chairman of its Central Committee, the post he still holds. He was an early supporter of the 1993 coup against Yeltsin, although he eventually disavowed violence. Today he leads a party of more than 500,000 members and a political machine with branches in every region of Russia...
...seater EV-1 Thursday at the Los Angeles Auto show. Detroit bureau chief William McWhirter reports that the EV-1 is an update of the Impact prototype that has been in development for the past decade: "This is not so much a technological breakthrough as it is a political coup by Jack Smith that caught the entire industry off guard. It may be a sign that GM is ready to shake off some of its marketing slumber of the past four years and is ready to aggressively take on industry leaders such as Chrysler." With a limited range of under...
...COUP OF THE YEAR: The Colin Powell presidential campaign/book tour. Runner-up: The Newt Gingrich presidential campaign/book tour...
...INTERVIEW WITH FRENCH President Jacques Chirac in this week's issue is something of a coup for TIME, and also something of a natural. Conducted in French at the Elysee Palace with Paris bureau chief Thomas Sancton and TIME Europe editor Chris Redman, it is the first that Chirac has granted to a foreign publication since his election last May. But as Sancton has discovered since he began following Chirac as a candidate last year, the American journalist and the French politician have more in common than meets...
...both sides of a question is cited as a lack of vision by those who perceive life with a terrible clarity--the world view, for instance, of the much younger Rev. Tony Ferris (Michael Cumpsty), who connives to unseat his older colleague. The play chronicles a sort of bloodless coup, with plenty of palace intrigue provided by the Anglican hierarchy...