Word: overthrows
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Desertion is not an act calculated to win sympathy from senior officers. Neither, for that matter, is an attempt to blow up the nation's Premier and overthrow the government by armed rebellion. Thus when Alexandros Panaghoulis stood before Judge Panayotis Voughas in Athens Special Military Court, it seemed hardly surprising that the death sentence was pronounced. Greece's ruling colonels were proud of the fact that there had been no executions under the 19-month-old regime, but in this case there seemed ample reason for breaking precedent...
What are the Russians up to? NATO commanders do not know the answer, but they do know that the new Soviet presence has radically changed the Mediterranean equation. Only ten years ago, when Nasserite terrorists were trying to overthrow the government of Lebanon, its President, Camille Chamoun, could reassure a doubting Cabinet minister: "If things get too tough, I can call for the Sixth Fleet, just like this . . ." And the President snapped his fingers. Chamoun did call for help; the U.S. Sixth Fleet landed its Marines. Lebanon proceeded to settle its affairs without further outside interference. Russia's Nikita...
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). An army commander (Theodore Bikel) plots to overthrow his country by imprisoning an influential cardinal. The Impossible Missions Force takes it from there...
Without Miracles. That ridiculous act reflects the tension that grips Brazil these days. A vast majority of Brazilians applauded the overthrow of Leftist João Goulart in 1964, and the cleanup started by the new military-backed regime of General Humberto Castello Branco was obviously necessary. When War Minister Arthur Costa e Silva was elected President by Congress in 1966, Brazilians listened to his promise to "humanize" the bureaucracy, promote a "Year of Education" and declare war on inflation. He did manage to slash the annual rate of inflation from 40% to 25%. The nation's gross national...
...Soviet press opened a new attack on the Prague leadership, There were also reports that Soviet army officers were encouraging conservative Communists to form anti Dubček factions. The main problem is that Dubček's popularity remains so high among Czechoslovaks that any move to overthrow him would most likely require direct Soviet military action and perhaps even the creation of a military government. Under those circumstances, the Kremlin leaders still seem reluctant to pursue their claims of total domination of the Socialist Commonwealth to the final logical, if bloody, conclusion...