Word: overthrew
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...bureaucratic corruption and other social evils, people from all walks of life mustered up courage to join in. At this point, the way things were going resembled in every sense the famous May 4th Movement in 1919. Ironically, that movement was organized by communists including Mao Zedong to overthrew a corrupt government; it signalled the beginning of a drastic thirty-year-long national struggle...
With the clock running, Ferrara found senior tight end Adam Golla for five yards on an out pattern. Then, on second-and-five, the Crimson finally got the break it had been looking for all season. Ferrara overthrew junior tailback Eion Hu--the ball tipped off Hu's hands, ricocheted off a Yale defender and into Golla's well-positioned...
...military failings, in turn, point to a major flaw in Saddam's rule. In his 27 years in power, the dictator has steadily narrowed his own base of support. He long ago weakened the Baath Party socialists who overthrew the old monarchy, and has concentrated power in his own extended family. Along the way, he has lost, killed or driven away most of his supporters who have shown any brains or ability. And now Saddam's family itself is torn by betrayals and blood feuds. Many of its members have also been sacked, exiled or executed. The latest example...
...revolution in Guatemala overthrew a dictator and set up a democratic, capitalist government roughly based on the example of American New Deal policies. But the new government made the fatal mistake of opposing economic exploitation by U.S. multinational corporations, such as the United Fruit Company, which has been basically running the country. U.S. business and government leaders were worried that the Guatemalan model of self-determinism might be adopted by neighboring nations...
...first year in which international terrorism seized the headlines, of the eight known groups, all were political, without religious overtones. In 1980, a year after Islamic radicals overthrew the Shah of Iran, overtly religious terrorist groups made their appearance. Of the 48 international groups active in 1992, almost a quarter were religiously motivated. Shi'ite groups, though they commit less than 10% of the attacks worldwide, account for 30% of all the killings...