Word: putsch
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Justice Holmes's famed dictum, that free speech is hazardous only when such a danger exists, "cannot mean that before the Government may act, it must wait until the Putsch is about to be executed, the plans have been laid and the signal is awaited," said Vinson...
...father, one of his political prisoners. In what Author Warner intends as appropriate irony, a prison cast is rehearsing for a performance of King Lear as the novel's climax approaches ; the end of the play is to be the signal for the Governor's Putsch...
That was the version given by the army "committee" under one Colonel Sami Hennawi, which led the putsch and seized power. Another report was that Zaim was shot down at his house when he tried to hurl a hand grenade at his captors and that 18 others died with him. Whatever the truth, Zaim and his premier were dead. Damascus also heard that Zaim had refused a blindfold with the words: "I lived bravely and I want to die bravely...
...Sokolovsky's proclamation, a "spontaneous" demonstration took place in front of Berlin's City Assembly. It was like a dry run for a Putsch. A cursing mob stormed into the building. When a U.S. official came up, the mob yelled "Let the dollar prince pass...
...into the optimism and idealism of those still hopeful for peace on earth and good will towards men. But of the two, the Palestine issue is much the more clearly defined, much the more tragic twist of events. The current Czechoslovakia situation, while unquestionably the product of a Communist putsch of the most brazen sort, is not yet fully enough evolved to warrant throwing one hand up in despair and reaching for a rifle with the other, as many are already doing. It is true that President Benes has capitulated to the extent that he has accepted the resignation...