Word: overthrows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there was no sign that they wanted to take the city, or even to increase the considerable swath of Cambodian territory under their control. What was the point of it all? According to some speculation, the attacks were a counterpoint to the festivities surrounding the second anniversary of the overthrow of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, under whose rule North Vietnamese troops had free use of Cambodia's ports and jungle sanctuaries near South Viet...
Odajnyk attributed the 1965 arrests to the reversal of Krushchev's "de-Stalinization" movement upon his overthrow in 1964. "The rehabilitation of Stalin's policy adopted by the new leadership in 1965 was generated by the reaction of conservatives who had not reconciled themselves to the debunking of Stalin," Odajnyk said. "In May of that year, a tougher stance on national and cultural policies was announced, and in August the secret arrests of 30 intellectuals in various cities in the Ukraine took place," he added...
Music Hours. Most of the old emigré right-wingers, who unrealistically ranted for an overthrow of the Communist regimes, were weeded out in favor of younger and more perceptive East Europeans and Soviet defectors. In general, these staffers have tried to encourage a process of liberalization within the Communist societies. No one can evaluate to what degree the stations have affected developments in the East bloc, but they both have won a reputation for veracity and reliability inside and outside the Communist countries...
...broadcasters on January 27 that the U.S. would be flexible on the timing of the Thieu resignation and the arrangements for organization of new presidential elections in South Vietnam. Nixon told newsmen, "We are not going to negotiate over the heads of our ally with our enemies to overthrow our ally...
...week by the thud of hand grenades and the rattle of rifle fire. Former Sheik Saqr bin Sultan, deposed in 1965 in a peaceful coup, had returned from exile in Cairo. With two truckloads of Bedouins, he stormed Sharjah's blue-and-white palace in an attempt to overthrow his ruling cousin Sheik Khalid bin Mohammed. In a brief battle with tribesmen loyal to Khalid, Saqr was captured. But Sheik Khalid was trapped and murdered before he could be rescued...