Word: coups
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Last year, the University achieved a nationally recognized coup by recruiting Professor of Afro-American Studies and African-American Religious History Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham from the University of Pennsylvania. Higginbotham is on leave and not teaching courses during the current school years, but she is on staff and scheduled to teach in the fall...
...from the grand promises of reform he made to Clinton in January. Last week the parliament voted overwhelmingly to grant amnesty to Ruslan Khasbulatov and Alexander Rutskoi, two leaders of the failed 1993 uprising against Yeltsin's government, as well as to the men who plotted the aborted 1991 coup against Mikhail Gorbachev. Though Yeltsin's aides insisted that the parliament had overstepped its authority, hard-liners Khasbulatov and Rutskoi were released from prison on Saturday. It was the first sign that Russia's new legislature is prepared to launch a full frontal assault on the President...
...that would require strong words or strong actions." NATO countries, partly to help Boris Yeltsin fend off ultranationalists in his country who deride him as Washington's lapdog, saw little choice but to bargain, though some had reservations about what one Washington observer privately called "Russia's greatest diplomatic coup in 10 years...
...major setback for Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the State Duma, or lower house of parliament, granted amnesty to the hard-liners who occupied the parliament building in Moscow in October as well as to the leaders of the failed 1991 coup against then President Mikhail Gorbachev. Yeltsin had no | power to veto the resolution, which quickly freed from prison some of his arch-enemies, including former parliament speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov and former Vice President Alexander Rutskoi. Yeltsin's first speech to the new parliament, with a call for "more justice, more safety, more confidence," was unenthusiastically received by many lawmakers...
...might also be a personal coup for Huizenga, 56, who may yet play a dominant role in the sprawling new company. While Biondi, 49, will remain Viacom's chief executive officer, industry leaders who know Huizenga well say he could swiftly become the real power. "He is lightning quick, a classic trader and a gambler," says an entertainment-industry executive. "He looks at Sumner, who is 70. He eats Biondi instantly. He comes out on top." In a sign of Huizenga's likely clout, Redstone flew to Blockbuster headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last week to confer with...