Word: overthrowing
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...transformation of man and society by means of power. This great project -- politics as redemption -- has ended in failure on a breathtaking scale: not just economic and political but also ecological, spiritual and, not surprising for an enterprise of such overweening hubris, moral. The deeper meaning of the overthrow of communism is the realization that man can shape neither history nor society by Five-Year Plans, and that attempts to contradict this truth must end in the grotesque. The revulsion with politics reflects the view that when politicians go about tinkering with something as organic as a poor family...
Much of the bitterness of the campaign stems from questions surrounding the legitimacy of the Salvation Front government and its right to contest the elections. Formed in the aftermath of the overthrow of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu last December, the Front is dominated by former Communists. These include Ion Iliescu, the country's interim leader and front runner in the presidential race, who was Ceausescu's heir apparent in 1970 before falling out with the dictator...
...actress turned animal-rights crusader is angry about the indifference of French officials: "If we don't get an answer, we will, strengthened by the support we receive, try to overthrow the government...
After eight years of haggling, Iranian and American negotiators have tentatively agreed to settle some of the financial claims dating from the overthrow of the Shah's government. The package covers 2,370 small claims by U.S. citizens and companies for private property seized in Iran, and 108 by Iranians for undelivered goods...
Hope for the future is fading among many Romanians, only four months after the overthrow of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Last week crowds of up to 4,000 opponents of the National Salvation Front, the transitional government that took power after Ceausescu's hurried execution, protested in Bucharest against interim President Ion Iliescu, whom they accuse of still sympathizing with communism. Romanian newspapers and witnesses reported that police beat some of the demonstrators, a charge denied by the government...