Word: overturning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...future undertake some chauvinistic demonstration against Poland, to regain her lost territories, which would upset the apple-cart. He said this is because Germany has a tradition of reverting to extreme nationalism in times of economic stress which is not encouraging. He did not, however, foresee an early overturn of the Adenauer government...
Even if the Democrats win, "there will be no great overturn of government," Arthur E. Sutherland, professor of Law, concluded...
...Refused to overturn an Appeals Court decision that Houston must let Negroes use municipal golf courses...
...When a cooking pot begins to stink, it's time to put the lid on." That was the advice the influential Tokyo Shimbun recently flung at Premier Shigeru Yoshida, 75. A government corruption scandal of Teapot Dome proportions threatened to overturn Yoshida's conservative coalition government. Everyone wondered whether shrewd, durable Premier Yoshida would be able to meet this challenge...
This week the Russians tried to kidnap Evdokia, and almost succeeded. They hustled her into a black Cadillac, sped 190 miles at top speed to Sydney. At the airport, an angry crowd mobbed the Cadillac, tried to overturn the car. The Russian guards dragged Evdokia through the gates while the mob, now 3,000 strong, chanted "Don't let her go." Trying to smile for photographers, Evdokia wept instead, covered her face with both hands. Scores jumped the fence onto the field, broke past police lines to tug at Evdokia and strike at her guards. Witnesses said they heard...