Word: overthrew
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...last time Turkey's generals overthrew an elected government was in 1960 when they ousted Demirel's predecessor, Adnan Menderes, for corruption and repression, and hanged him. Before returning the country to the politicians, the soldiers framed a new constitution that was adopted in 1961, and they took a certain pride of authorship in seeing it work. The course of government under Demirel was a source of ever-increasing dismay to them...
...Chase Manhattan Bank) that oil companies would invest 835 billion in Asia and the Western Pacific over the next 12 years. Most of the money is projected for Southeast Asia and Indonesia, where American oil companies began drilling operations soon after that country's pro-U. S. military overthrew Sukarno...
...when "guess-who" was still Vice President, a military-led and middle-class supported coup overthrew a pro-Western reactionary dictatorship in Iraq. When the new government threatened to nationalize some of the foreign investments in its country, the U. S. responded by landing Marines in Lebanon, while the British landed paratroops in Jordan. As a front-page dispatch in the N. Y. Times said: "Intervention will not be extended to Iraq as long as the revolutionary government in Iraq respects Western oil interests...
...made weapons turn up in the oddest corners and conflicts. Five Sherman tanks of World War II vintage were used last month when the armed forces of Uganda overthrew the government of President Milton Obote. How did they get there? Originally a U.S. contribution to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease, the tanks were later given by the Russians to the Egyptians. Israel captured them during the Six-Day War. After an overhaul, the tanks went to Uganda under an Israeli military-aid program. Next mission...
Later in the second quarter, the Colts pulled off a play more befitting volleyball than football. Sending Tight End John Mackey downfield as a decoy, Unitas took aim at Wide Receiver Eddie Hinton -and overthrew him. Hinton leaped and tipped the ball to Cowboy Cornerback Mel Renfro, who leaped and tipped the ball to the startled Mackey, who raced 45 yds. for a touchdown...