Word: overthrows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What would happen if these men had been part of a group who wished to overthrow the Government? Who would have stopped them...
...sort of thing." That was inherent, for instance, in the President's sworn duty "to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution," Wilson said, adding the words of a Supreme Court decision: "Implicit in that duty is the power to protect our Government against those who would subvert or overthrow it by unlawful means...
With Soviet acquiescence, if not encouragement, Iraq's left-wing Baathist regime has been generating border trouble with both Iran to the east and Kuwait to the south. Skirmishes between Iraqi and Iranian border guards are common. Russia (along with China) has supplied weapons to guerrillas trying to overthrow Sultan Qabus of Oman. If these rebels were successful, they could bottleneck the gulf by sinking a supertanker in the narrow channel that is now negotiated by 100 ships in the Strait of Hormuz each day. The short-range Soviet aim seems to be to keep the U.S. on edge...
...retired J.C. Penney executive in Anaheim, Calif., was especially hard on the President. "I think," he said, "that the whole break-in was discussed and planned with Ehrlichman and Haldeman and that Nixon approved it. But as for impeachment, I just don't know. When other countries overthrow the government, it's chaos. I personally think he should be watched closely for the rest of his term." Paul B. Wynett, a Georgia advertising man, wonders: "How could all those people be doing all those things without his knowing about it? But the best thing to do is forgive...
...worn a frilly dress." The company has had to modify Stump Removal by chastening its sex scenes and toning down a few lines-"the cheapest whorehouse in town" has become "the cheapest dance hall in town." But Dawkins believes most audiences sympathize with the play's "rejection and overthrow of oppressive authority...