Word: etat
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...Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites. Iraqi nationalists quickly became disillusioned with their new, Western masters. The Revolution of 1920 left hundreds of British casualties. The British, America's main ally in this latest invasion, managed to implant a friendly monarchy. But the Hashemites were finally overthrown in a coup d'etat in 1958. It was in those bloody days that Saddam Hussein's terrible political career was born...
...collegial manner won Lenoir high marks from foreign colleagues, and many in Brussels cheered her selection by Raffarin. Lenoir's European bona fides are accompanied by experience within France's power élite, whose male domination she challenged early on. In 1986, Mitterrand named her to the Conseil d'Etat - a governmental policy advisory panel - and in 1988 she was tapped as chief of staff of the then leftist government's Justice Ministry. In 1992 she became the first woman ever appointed to the Conseil Constitutionel - France's equivalent to a supreme court - where she acted as that body...
After the coup d'etat in Venezuela, thousands of democracy fighters demonstrated their support for the government [NOTEBOOK, April 22]. President Hugo Chavez should remain in office until the last day of the term to which he was democratically elected. His days will not be the same sort that other deposed leaders had to live through. ROBERTO F. LETAMENDI Aptos, Calif...
...none other than Gossip Guy stalwart William K. Weaver ’98-’03, who won a date at Bartley’s with the comely Melissa I. Wang ’02. Between egregious misuses of the phrase “coup d’etat,” a pantsless Weaver reeled off bon mots like “I’ll knock the bottom out of that ass” and “If your room flooded, I’d buy you a Little Mermaid costume—and then we?...
...young prince, known as Zhu Di. He was castrated and destined for a life serving with other eunuchs in the imperial household, guarding the harem and offering wisdom to the dynastic clan. Somehow the prince and the castrate became friends and when Zhu Di launched a coup d'Etat in 1402, Ma was at his side. The prince, who became the Yongle Emperor, awarded Ma an honorific surname Zheng and made him head eunuch. When the Emperor sketched out a plan for Chinese ships to sail to the Indian Ocean, he named his loyal charge to lead the fleet...