Word: overthrew
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...credible than Ferraro as a possible President. Yet despite his Government service, Bush has not often come across as a savant during the campaign. Last month in remarks at a Vermont college, he committed an elaborate fumble concerning the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution. "The Sandinistas came in," he said. "They overthrew Somoza, killed him and overthrew him. Killed him, threw him out." In fact, ex-Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle was assassinated in Paraguay after a year in exile. When reporters challenged Bush, the Vice President said he had meant Sandinistas in a "generic" sense...
...Addis Ababa, where the flag flying over Revolution Square had more comforting look: red and emblazoned with the hammer and sickle. Honecker was in the Ethiopian capital with Soviet Politburo Member Grigory Romanov at a three-hour parade to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the military coup that overthrew former Emperor Haile Selassie. Dominating the scene was a towering portrait of Ethiopian Leader Lieut. Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam, 43, the U.S.-trained soldier who had just been chosen Secretary-General of the Workers Party of Ethiopia, the newly inaugurated Communist party...
...conflicting versions emerged from anti-Gaddafi exiles, the Libyan regime and other sources in Tripoli. What was certain was that Gaddafi was alive and well, and in the capital. Even so, the incident was the most audacious challenge to Gaddafi's control in the 15 years since he overthrew the aging King Idris. The shooting lasted from early morning until midday, ending in the death of seven attackers. Three others were arrested and at least another three escaped. Within 48 hours, Libyan authorities had used the incident as an excuse to round up 200 "enemies" of the regime, including...
...Rica are most likely already receiving Israeli arms, albeit indirectly and in small doses. Israel's motive in helping the contras would not be just to curry favor with the U.S. but to strike a blow against the Palestine Liberation Organization, which helped train the Sandinistas before they overthrew the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979. During a 1980 visit to Managua, P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat declared to the Sandinistas that "the links between us are not new . . . Your enemies are our enemies...
...Jumbo left fielder, trying to double Boyer off second, fired it in to second baseman Margie Cohen, but overthrew her. Analert Cunningham immediately broke for home, and scored what would turn out to be the winning...