About the hip hop group Coup disambiguation Infobox musical artist name The Coup image Thecoupsonicstage.jpg caption The Coup performing in 2008 image size background group or band alias origin Oakland, California , United States genre Hip hop music Hip hop years active 1991 present label Wild Pitch Records Wild Pitch EMI EMI Records br Dogday Records br 75 Ark Tommy Boy Entertainment Tommy Boy Warner Bros. Records br ANTI associated acts Street Sweeper Social Club br Liberty Ellman br Dead Prez ... notable instruments The Coup is a political hip hop group based in Oakland, California . It formed ... Breathing Apparatus on The Coup s third album, Steal This Album . The group is now a duo. History The Coup, part of the sub genre of political hip hop , is politically communist in its music and aligns ..., and police brutality , among other things. The Coup s debut album was 1993 s Kill My Landlord . In 1994 ... doi accessdate 2007 09 28 ref In 2001, The Coup released Party Music to widespread praise. However ... the song in calling the Coup s work a stomach turning example of anti Americanism disguised as highbrow ... at his home in Oakland. ref cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Member of The Coup Killed ... doi accessdate 2007 09 28 ref 2 December 2006 saw another tragedy for the Coup About two hours ... authorlink coauthors title The Coup survives bus crash cancels tour dates work publisher date 2006 ... , a documentary about the GI anti war movement. Boots has confirmed that The Coup s sixth album ... . ref http motherjones.com riff 2011 01 boots riley interview the coup tom morello ref An additional ... the power of hip hop music to publicize other efforts and movements. The next year, Riley founded The Coup ... with the Coup. Instead, Boots performs with a three man band. Discography class wikitable align left ... reflist The Coup DEFAULTSORT Coup, The Category West Coast hip hop groups Category Rappers from ... artists de The Coup fr The Coup it The Coup no The Coup sv The Coup ... more details
wiktionary CoupcoupCoup is typically used as the short form of the phrase coup d tat , a sudden overthrow of a government. Coup or The Coup may also refer to Coup album Coup album , a 2008 album by The New Regime Coup bridge , various techniques of play in contract bridge The Coup , an American hip hop group The Coup The Office The Coup The Office , an episode of The Office The Coup Smash The Coup Smash , an episode of Smash The Coup , a 1978 novel by John Updike Coup contrecoup injury , a type of head injury Counting coup , a Native American show of bravery William Cameron Coup 1836 1895 , American businessman, partner of P. T. Barnum See also Coup d tat disambiguation Coup de gr ce , a French expression meaning blow of mercy Coup d oeil , assessing an entire situation in a glance Coop disambiguation Coup , an automotive body style disambiguation de Coup Begriffskl rung fr Coup ... more details
Lithuanian coup can refer to 1919 Polish coup d tat attempt in Lithuania 1926 Lithuanian coup d tat Coup of the Volunteers of 1993 disambig pl Zamach stanu na Litwie ... more details
Coup of 1926 might refer to several historical events May Coup Poland May Coup in Poland May 12 14 28th May 1926 coup d tat in Portugal 1926 Lithuanian coup d tat December 17 disambig ... more details
Cocaine Coup is a term that has been applied to the July 1980 coup in Bolivia of Luis Garc a Meza Tejada the August 1978 coup in Honduras of Policarpo Paz Garc a disambig ... more details
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Iran coup may refer to 1953 Iranian coup d tat , removal of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, supported by the United States and the United Kingdom through the covert Operation Ajax Nojeh Coup 1980 , attempted overthrow of the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran by Shapour Bakhtiar with support from Jordan and Iraq disambig ... more details
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There have been four Fijian coups d tat in the past twenty years 1987 Fijian coups d tat two 2000 Fijian coup d tat 2006 Fijian coup d tat See also 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis Disambig ... more details
In contract bridge , coup is a generic name for various techniques in contract bridge glossary P play .... ref OEB 6 91 ref There are various types of coup which can be effected. Pure Coups There are many coups which the opponents can do little to prevent. Bath coup The original coup was referred to as the Bath Coup, whereby a player holding the Ace, Jack and small card s plays small against the lead ... coup The declarer s act of playing low card below king from Kx Jxx combination in a suit contract ... round ruff. Crocodile coup The Crocodile coup is a technique used by the defense. It is executed ... from winning and thereby being endplayed. Deschapelles coup The act of sacrificing a card that would .... Devil s coup The Devil s coup is the act of stopping defenders getting a trump trick from Qx opposite Jxx surely the work of the Devil? Coup en passant The act of ruffing through the player who has ... player ruffs. Galileo coup The Galileo coup is so named because Galileo Galilei is usually credited with the invention of the telescope this coup arises when the contract is in a suit in which .... Trump coup Grand coup Grand coup A Trump coup where the cards ruffed in order to execute a trump reduction are winners. Merrimac coup The Merrimac coup is the act of sacrificing an honour usually a King in order to remove an entry from an opponent s hand. Morton s fork coup The forcing of an opponent ... to win a trick in the suit led. Scissors coup The Scissors coup is so named because it cuts communications ... ruff. Trump coup The Trump coup happens in the end game when declarer needs to finesse in trumps but doesn t have one to lead up. It is often associated with a Trump Reduction. Vienna coup The Vienna coup is the act of cashing an ace opposite the queen or, more generically, an immediate winner ... it were possible. Idiot coup The act of only losing one trick when missing AKx of trumps. Declarer ... a finesse , hence the name. An Idiot coup can also refer to a play that appears to present an alternative ... more details
A boardroom coup is the sudden overthrow of the management or governing body of a corporation by an individual or small group of individuals, usually from within the company. ref cite news title Boardroom Coup At GM url http articles.chicagotribune.com 1992 10 27 news 9204070415 1 gm directors gm chairman robert stempel john smale accessdate 13 November 2011 newspaper Chicago Tribune archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 639fMaLo2 archivedate 13 November 2011 first1 Jim last1 Mateja first2 Stephen last2 Franklin date 27 October 1992 ref Notable examples In 1940, a boardroom coup installed Raymond Postgate as the editor of United Kingdom British magazine Tribune magazine Tribune . In 1955, Paramount Pictures staged a boardroom coup and assumed control of the DuMont Television Network . They then shut down the network. In 1985, Steve Jobs was stripped of management responsibilities by then Apple CEO John Sculley . Jobs then resigned. In 1992, John F. Smith, Jr. became CEO of General Motors Corporation General Motors after a boardroom coup. In 1997, Apple Inc. at the time known as Apple Computer inc. and Steve Jobs ousted Gil Amelio in a boardroom coup, after which Jobs became interim CEO of Apple Computer , moving on to become full time CEO shortly after. See also Coup d tat Takeover Buyout References reflist DEFAULTSORT Boardroom Coup Category Corporate governance Econ stub ... more details
single source date February 2012 Counting coup refers to the winning of prestige in battle, rather than having to prove a win by injuring one s opponent. Its earliest known reference is from Shakespeare s Hamlet Act 5, Scene 2 where Laertes and Hamlet conduct a mock swordfight before King Claudius and Queen Gertrude. Hamlet strikes Laertes with his sword lightly, not enough to wound, and remarks, Another hit what say you? To which Laertes responds, A touch, a touch, I do confess. The point of counting coup was to avoid bloodshed during practice. Otherwise, if a partner refused to be honest in acknowledging a strike, the practice could very quickly escalate into real bloodshed as the better opponent proved his point by actually sticking his sword into the naysayer. Thus, counting coup was considered the honorable thing to do for all concerned. By other accounts the Plains Indians of North America also used a form of counting coup. Warriors won prestige by acts of bravery in the face of the enemy, and these acts could be recorded in various ways and retold as stories. Any blow struck against the enemy counted as a coup, but the most prestigious acts included touching an enemy warrior with the hand, bow, or with a coup stick then escaping unharmed. ref name Linderman31 http books.google.com ... works also counted as coup. ref name Linderman31 Counting coup could also involve stealing an enemy ... to count coup. Escaping unharmed while counting coup was considered a higher honor than being wounded in the attempt. ref name Linderman31 A warrior who won coup was permitted to wear an eagle ... of a tribe would gather together to recount their acts of bravery and count coup. Coups were recorded by putting notches in a coup stick. ref name Linderman31 Indians of the Pacific Northwest would tie an eagle feather to their coup stick for each coup counted, but many tribes did not follow ... Counting Coup Category Native American culture de Coup ... more details
The Nojeh coup also spelled No eh Persian was an attempt to overthrow the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran , and the government of Abolhassan Banisadr and Ayatollah Khomeini that occurred on July 11, 1980. It was staged by officers and servicemen from the infantry, air force, army and secret service. See also Iran Iraq War References reflist Unreferenced date April 2007 External links http www.iranian.com History 2004 July Nojeh Anatomy of a coup http www.iranian.com Pesar 2004 July Nojeh index.html Nice try The failed Nojeh coup http www.sarbazan.com nojeh.htm Nojeh Coup http www.irib.ir occasions Nojeh 5CNojeh 20en.HTM Nojeh Coup from Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Website. http www.youtube.com watch?v Ydsa8fGSMwY Nojeh Uprising Tribunal of General Ayat Mohagheghi at YouTube Category Conflicts in 1980 Category 1980 in Iran Category History of the Islamic Republic of Iran Category History of Iran Category 1970s coups d tat and coup attempts Iran Category Iran Iraq relations Category Iranian Revolution Category Attempted coups Iran hist stub de Nojeh Coup fa ... more details
Infobox Film name The Umbrella Coup image Umbrella coup film.jpg caption director G rard Oury producer writer G rard Oury br Dani le Thompson starring Pierre Richard br Gordon Mitchell br Gert Fr be music Vladimir Cosma cinematography editing distributor Gaumont Film Company Gaumont released 8 October 1980 runtime 98 minutes country Film France language French budget gross The Umbrella Coup lang fr Le Coup du parapluie is a 1980 French comedy film directed by G rard Oury , starring Pierre Richard , Gordon Mitchell and Gert Fr be . The creation of the film was inspired by several assassinations of Bulgaria n dissident s where the so called Bulgarian umbrella was used as a weapon. The working title of the film was Le Coup du Parapluie Bulgare . Plot Gr goire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a real job , goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafia mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe at his birthday party in Saint Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built in syringe with potassium cyanide . Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder. Cast Pierre Richard as Gr goire Lecomte Gordon Mitchell as Moskovitz Val rie Mairesse as Sylvette aka Bunny Christine Murillo as Josyane Leblanc Gert Fr be as Otto Krampe aka Whale G rard Jugnot as Fr do Vittorio ... Maurice Risch as The Producer External links imdb title 0080565 The Umbrella Coup Amg movie 149499 The Umbrella Coup http www.cinemovies.fr fiche film.php?IDfilm 1394 The Umbrella Coup Le Coup du parapluie at the Cinemovies site http movies.nytimes.com movie 149499 Le Coup du Parapluie overview The Umbrella Coup overview at the New York Times G rard Oury DEFAULTSORT Umbrella Coup, The Category ... de Der Regenschirmm rder fr Le Coup du parapluie pl Zab jczy parasol ro Umbrela lui Gregoire ru ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Covert Coup Type studio Artist Currensy Curren y and The Alchemist producer The Alchemist Cover Covert coup cover.jpg Released April 20, 2011 Recorded 2011 Genre Hip hop music Hip hop Length 28 02 Label Jet Life Recordings Warner Bros. Producer The Alchemist producer The Alchemist Last album Pilot Talk II br 2010 This album Covert Coup br 2011 Next album Weekend At Burnie s br 2011 Name Covert Coup Type studio Album ratings rev1 Pitchfork Media rev1score 7.9 10 ref name Pitchfork cite web url http www.pitchfork.com reviews albums 15385 covert coup title Pitchfork Review Covert Coup ref rev2 One Thirty BPM rev2score 80 100 ref name BPM cite web url http onethirtybpm.com reviews album review curreny covert coup title BPM Review Covert Coup ref rev3 XXL magazine XXL rev3score Rating 4 5 ref name XXL MAG cite web url http www.xxlmag.com reviews 2011 05 curreny covert coup title XXL MAG Review Covert Coup ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Covert Coup is Currensy Curren y s fifth studio album and his first released through Warner Bros. This album was entirely produced by The Alchemist entertainer The Alchemist it is considered an album by Curren y and The Alchemist , featured appearances from rappers Prodigy rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep , Freddie Gibbs , Smoke DZA, & Fiend rapper Fiend , and contains 10 songs. Covert Coup was created as a retail EP. Later the artists decided to release it as a free digital album. ref cite web url http covertcoup.currensyspitta.com title Bandcamp publisher Covertcoup.currensyspitta.com date accessdate 2012 02 10 ref It was still treated as a mixtape, however, since it was given away for free. On April 7, 2011, the first single from Covert Coup titled Ventilation was leaked onto the internet. Full Metal was leaked on April 12. On April 15, the third single entitled Scottie Pippen featuring Freddie Gibbs , was leaked. The album was released by Curren y on April 20, 2011 via his twitter. Tracklisting ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 The trump coup is a contract bridge coup bridge coup used when the hand on lead typically the Glossary of contract bridge terms dummy dummy has no trumps remaining, while the next hand in rotation has only trumps, including a high one that would have been onside for a direct finesse if a trump could have been led. The play involves forcing that hand to ruff, only to be overruffed. A similar motive is met in coup en passant , where indirect finesse is used instead of direct. In the end position below, spades are trump. The king of spades is onside, but declarer South cannot finesse against it because dummy has no trumps remaining. BridgeHandNWES Label Lead &mdash A &mdash 3&thinsp 2 &mdash 6 &mdash A&thinsp K K&thinsp 2 7 &mdash &mdash A&thinsp Q 2 &mdash &mdash Declarer takes all three tricks by playing a heart first. When a club is led from dummy, East has nothing but spades remaining and therefore must ruff, and South can overruff with the ace or queen according to which spade East plays. A trump coup is not possible in a double finesse position, since declarer ... have to give the defender a free finesse. In effect, a trump coup against a king or rather, the second ..., but the trump coup would be unnecessary as South could just drop the king of spades instead. Similarly, with A K J of trumps in hand, a trump coup against Q x x on the right is possible, and so on. To execute a trump coup, declarer must have exactly the same number of trumps as the defender. If declarer ... coup, can set up the desired position by entering dummy and leading a suit he can ruff, to shorten his own trumps. Grand coup If the card which is ruffed in order to shorten the trumps would have been a winner, the play is called a grand coup BridgeHandNWES Label South in 6 clubs Lead Lead diamonds ... from South s hand completes the coup. Often, for a trump coup to work, the key defender must have ... See also Smother play Devil s coup DEFAULTSORT Trump Coup Category Bridge coups pl Parada bryd ... more details
The Merrimac coup also known as Hobson s coup or Hobson s choice is a contract bridge coup bridge coup where a player usually a defender sacrifices a high card in order to eliminate a vital entry from an opponent s hand usually a dummy . It was named after United States of America American steam ship USS Merrimac 1898 Merrimac , which was sunk during the Spanish American War in 1898 in Santiago de Cuba in an attempt to bottle up the Spanish fleet. Example BridgeHandNWES Label South in 3NT Lead Lead spades J 8&thinsp 5&thinsp 4 10&thinsp 3 K&thinsp Q&thinsp J&thinsp 9&thinsp 8&thinsp 5 A3 J&thinsp 10&thinsp 9&thinsp 6&thinsp 3 K&thinsp 9&thinsp 8 6&thinsp 3 9&thinsp 6&thinsp 5 A&thinsp 7 Q&thinsp 7&thinsp 4&thinsp 2 A&thinsp 10&thinsp 4 K&thinsp 10&thinsp 7&thinsp 2 K&thinsp Q&thinsp 2 A&thinsp J&thinsp 6&thinsp 5 7&thinsp 2 Q&thinsp J&thinsp 8&thinsp 4 South is in the contract of 3 no trump. West leads the jack of spades, East taking the ace. East can see plenty of tricks for the declarer in diamonds, but he Glossary of contract bridge terms control controls the suit with the ace. If East does not do something, when the declarer regains the lead, he can lead diamonds until East is forced to take the ace, while the declarer still has the ace of clubs as an entry. East must execute the Merrimac coup by playing the king of clubs&mdash even if declarer duck bridge ducks , another club will knock out the entry to the dummy prematurely, and the declarer will not be able to take any more diamond tricks, which are necessary to fulfill the contract. Clear External links http web.archive.org web 20071123151906 homepage.mac.com bridgeguys MGlossary MerrimacCoup.html BridgeGuys.com DEFAULTSORT Merrimac Coup Category Bridge coups Category Algonquian loanwords fr Coup de Merrimac pl Manewr Merrimac ... more details
Infobox cricketer biography playername Edwin Coup image country England fullname Edwin Coup height nickname living dayofbirth 9 monthofbirth 1 yearofbirth 1861 placeofbirth Ripley, Derbyshire countryofbirth England dayofdeath 2 monthofdeath 7 yearofdeath 1892 placeofdeath Mickleover countryofdeath England batting Left handed batsman bowling role family international testdebutdate testdebutyear testdebutagainst testcap lasttestdate lasttestyear lasttestagainst club1 Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derbyshire year1 Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1885 1885 &ndash Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1887 1887 club2 year2 club3 year3 type1 First class cricket type1 First class cricket First class debutdate1 13 August debutyear1 1885 debutfor1 Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derbyshire debutagainst1 Hampshire County Cricket Club Hampshire lastdate1 15 August lastyear1 1887 lastfor1 Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derbyshire lastagainst1 Surrey County Cricket Club Surrey deliveries balls columns 1 column1 First class cricket First class matches1 13 runs1 195 bat avg1 8.47 100s 50s1 top score1 33 deliveries1 wickets1 bowl avg1 fivefor1 tenfor1 best bowling1 catches stumpings1 2 date 30 August year 2011 source http cricketarchive.com Players 28 28759 28759.html Edwin Coup 9 June 1861 2 July 1892 , also known as Edwin Coupe , was an England English cricket er who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derbyshire between 1885 and 1887. Coup was born in Ripley, Derbyshire , the son of John Coupe a building contractor and his wife Martha. Coup trained as an architect ref British Census ... last season for the club. Coup was a left handed batsman and played 26 innings in 13 first class matches ... Edwin Coup at Cricket Archive ref Coup died in Mickleover at the age of 31. References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Coup, Edwin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... 1892 PLACE OF DEATH Mickleover DEFAULTSORT Coup, Edwin Category 1861 births Category 1892 deaths ... more details
The Cat and the Coup is a 2011 made documentary puzzle game by Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad. The game follows the life of Prime Minister of Iran , Mohammed Mossadegh , and his subsequent downfall through a CIA and MI6 engineered coup during the 1950s. ref cite news first Kimberly last Chun title Pixels, Politics and Play date 2011 03 10 publisher The San Francisco Chronicle url http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f 2Fc 2Fa 2F2011 2F03 2F09 2FNSLP1I2BNJ.DTL work The San Francisco Chronicle accessdate 2011 06 27 ref On June 15, 2011, the game was released on Valve Corporation s digital distribution service, Steam software Steam . ref http store.steampowered.com app 95700 The Cat and the Coup on Steam Bot generated title ref File Catcoup.jpg thumb right 200px The Opening Puzzle of The Cat and the Coup Development and release The Cat and the Coup was developed over a three year period and was funded by the Game Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California . Over the course of its development, it received multiple awards, including IndieCade s documentary game award, the Nuovo award at the Independent Games Festival and the Finalist Award at Games for Change . ref cite news first Jorge last Albor title The Fate of Documentary Games date 2011 03 17 publisher Popmatters url http www.popmatters.com pm post 138282 documentary games work Popmatters accessdate 2011 06 27 ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Cat and the Coup, The Category 2011 video games Category Indie video games Category Mac OS X games ... more details
The Devil s Coup is a declarer play in contract bridge that prevents the defense from taking an apparently natural trump trick often called the disappearing trump trick ref OEB 6 114 ref . Example BridgeHandNWES Label Lead North to lead A&thinsp 9 3 &mdash &mdash Q&thinsp 4 7 &mdash &mdash J&thinsp 3&thinsp 2 &mdash &mdash &mdash K&thinsp 10&thinsp 7 &mdash &mdash &mdash A typical example is shown where spades are trumps and the lead is in dummy North . The Hearts 3 is led. If East ruffs low, then declarer overruffs low and cashes the ace and king of spades. If East ruffs high, declarer overruffs with the Spades K and finesses West for the Spades Q to make the remaining two tricks. Clear Devil s coups are fairly rare not only the trump suit but the side suits must lie well for declarer. See also Smother play Trump coup References reflist DEFAULTSORT Devil s Coup Category Bridge coups pl Manewr diabelski ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Bath coup is a coup bridge coup in the game of contract bridge , where the declarer, holding AJx in a suit duck bridge ducks the left hand opponent s lead of a king or a queen . The coup is named after the city of Bath, Somerset Bath in England and dates from the game of Whist , the predecessor of Bridge. The purpose of the Bath coup is to either gain a trick by means of a Finesse Free finesse free finesse if the suit is continued, or to gain a tempo bridge tempo , because the suit may not be continued by opponents without the loss of a trick. The basic position for the bath coup is like on the diagram BridgeSuit 543 KQ1098 76 AJ2 West leads the king at a notrump contract. If South takes the trick immediately, his jack can be subsequently finessed if East gains a later trick, providing four tricks in the suit for the defense. However, if South applies the Bath coup by ducking, he will either take two tricks with AJ, or the opponents would have to regain the lead twice to cash the suit first, East must gain the lead in order to finesse through declarer s AJ, and later, West must regain the lead to cash the suit. If the suit is divided 5 2, as in the diagram, the declarer has in effect performed a hold up bridge hold up with an additional gain in tempo, as the opponents have to regain the lead once each. If the suit were divided 4 3, the last lead could be gained by any opponent to cash the suit, but the number of available tricks would be smaller. BridgeSuit A43 KQ1098 76 J52 The coup also occurs when ace and jack are split, but the jack lies before KQ. Clear Defense The defense can relatively easily prevent giving away the trick by free finesse ... the partner to drop the Jack if he has it. However, when a Bath coup position arises, defenders ... coup by ducking, and West must switch. If he plays a red suit, declarer will play on hearts of course .... DEFAULTSORT Bath Coup Category Bridge coups fr Coup de Bath pl Manewr z Bath ... more details
Wiktionary coup d oeil Coup d il or coup d oeil k d y is a term taken from French language French , that more or less corresponds to the words wiktionary glimpse glimpse or wiktionary glance glance in English language English . The literal meaning is stroke of the eye . It is mostly used in English in a military context, where the coup d il refers to the ability to discern at one glance the military tactics tactical dis advantages of the terrain. For example, the famous king Frederick the Great of Prussia in his 1753 Particular Instructions devotes special attention to the military coup d il, defining it as blockquote T he perfection of that art to learn at one just and determined view the benefits and disadvantages of a country where posts are to be placed and how to act upon the annoyance of the enemy. This is, in a word, the true meaning of a coup d il , without which an officer may commit errors of the greatest consequence. ref Particular Instructions, Article 16 ref blockquote The phrase popularly comes from Clausewitz blockquote When all is said and done, it really is the commander s coup d il , his ability to see things simply, to identify the whole business of war completely with himself, that is the essence of good generalship. Only if the mind works in this comprehensive fashion can it achieve the freedom it needs to dominate events and not be dominated by them. ref Clausewitz 1989 edition p. 578 ref blockquote Napoleon remarked upon it blockquote There is a gift of being able to see at a glance the possibilities offered by the terrain...One can call it the coup d il militaire and it is inborn in great generals. ref Napoleon I, 1769 1821, Mé moires ref blockquote As did Jean Charles, Chevalier Folard Folard and Liddell Hart blockquote The coup d ..., emphasis in the original ref blockquote The coup d il remains important for officers in modern armies ... Coup D oeil Category French words and phrases Category Military terminology sv Coup d il ... more details
about the 1992 book by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin the 1951 Thai political event Silent Coup Thailand italic title Infobox book author Len Colodny, Robert Gettlin name Silent Coup The Removal of a President image Image Silent Coup.png thumb country United States language English language English subject Watergate scandal publisher St. Martin s Press pub date January 1992 media type Print Hardcover pages 580 pages isbn ISBN 0 312 05156 5 hardback ISBN 978 0312927639 paper dewey 364.1 32 0973 20 congress E860 .C635 1991 oclc 22493143 Silent Coup is a 1992 book written by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin in which they contend that former Richard Nixon Nixon White House counsel John Dean orchestrated the Watergate scandal 1972 Watergate burglary at Democratic National Committee headquarters to protect his future wife, Maureen Biner, by removing information linking her to a call girl ring that worked for the DNC. The authors also argued that Alexander Haig was not Deep Throat but was a key source for Bob Woodward , who as a Naval officer had briefed Haig at the White House in 1969 and 1970. Overview Silent Coup was described as one of the most boring conspiracy books ever written filled with wild charges and vilifications by The Washington Post . The New York Times Book Review attacked Silent Coup s argument that Nixon was an innocent victim and said it showed a stunning ignorance of how the Government under Mr. Nixon operated. However, it also received positive book reviews, including one from former President Gerald R. Ford . Lawsuits Further2 John Dean Life after Watergate John ... Coup. St. Martin s settled the case for an undisclosed sum. ref name cbs In 2001, former Democratic ... links http www.silentcoup.com Silent Coup website http www.nixonera.com etexts silentcoup contents.asp Silent Coup online book http www.nixonera.com etexts core subjects contents.asp Motion for Partial ... interview with Colodny and Gettlin on Silent Coup , August 11, 1991 Category Watergate scandal ... more details
The Deschapelles Coup , named after a 19th century France French chess and whist player Alexandre Deschapelles , ref http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9B0DE6D71E31F934A35755C0A961948260 Kudos for a Coup and an Inventor , Alan Truscott, New York Times, June 7 1987 ref is the lead of an unsupported honor to create an entry in partner s hand often confused with the Merrimac coup , the lead of an unsupported honor to kill an entry in an opponent s hand. Example Geir Helgemo executed this Deschapelles Coup in a 1998 tournament. ref Daily Bulletin of the Generali World Masters Championship, 19 April 1998. ref BridgeHandNWES Label South in 4 diamonds Lead Lead &thinsp spades 2 J&thinsp 6 A&thinsp J&thinsp 10&thinsp 8&thinsp 3 Q&thinsp 6&thinsp 2 K&thinsp J&thinsp 8 5&thinsp 4&thinsp 3&thinsp 2 Q&thinsp 5 J 10&thinsp 9&thinsp 7&thinsp 5&thinsp 3&thinsp 2 K&thinsp Q&thinsp 10&thinsp 8&thinsp 7 K&thinsp 9&thinsp 6&thinsp 2 K&thinsp 9&thinsp 7 A A&thinsp 9 7&thinsp 4 A&thinsp 10&thinsp 8&thinsp 5&thinsp 4&thinsp 3 Q&thinsp 6&thinsp 4 Helgemo was East against South s 4 Diams . West led a small spade, Helgemo put up the Spades Q and South won the Spades A. South then returned a spade to Helgamo s Spades K. Helgemo cashed the Clubs A and switched to the Hearts K the coup . Dummy won the Hearts A and played the Diams Q to the Diams K, Diams A and Diams J. Now declarer tried to enter dummy with the Clubs K, but Helgemo ruffed, put West in with the Hearts Q, and ruffed the club return for down two. It would not have helped South to duck the Hearts K because Helgemo would simply have continued hearts, winding up with a trick in each suit. And it would not have helped Helgemo to switch to a low heart at trick four. South wins West s Hearts Q with the Hearts A, leads the Diams Q ... coup, because it is combined with a Merrimac coup. The same play of the Hearts K both establishes ... Coup Category Bridge coups fr Coup de Deschapelles ... more details
The Alcatraz coup is an illegal method of learning about the opponents cards in contract bridge . It is not a true coup bridge coup the word is being used facetiously in conjunction with the name of the former Alcatraz penitentiary. The coup consists of a deliberate revoke by declarer, causing the next player to reveal whether he holds the key card whose location is sought. The declarer then corrects the revoke which is allowed without penalty if done soon enough and the defender may change his play, but declarer now knows about the key card and can choose how to finesse accordingly. Example Consider this layout of the club suit BridgeSuitNS Clubs A&thinsp J&thinsp 10 Clubs K&thinsp 8 Clear South wants three tricks from clubs but the opponents have been successful in concealing the location of the Clubs Q. South calls for the Clubs J from dummy, and East follows suit with the Clubs 3. South now perpetrates the Alcatraz Coup by discarding from a different suit, thus committing a revoke ref According to the http web2.acbl.org laws laws97nj node9.html law63 Law 63 , the revoke can be corrected ... the coup should be locked up in a maximum security facility. According to a 1961 article by Albert ... ref blockquote The classic hand for the Alcatraz Coup, which was not then so called, was the following ... and 1961. In a 1973 article in The Bridge World , Kit Woolsey ref Kit Woolsey, The Alcatraz Coup , The Bridge ... of gaming the system . Apparently, the coup s name inspired Woolsey to write the article. Legal implications According to Morehead s article, The laws committees have considered the Alcatraz Coup too ... Laws , so that now a remedy is available for use of the Alcatraz coup. The most relevant change is Law ... information. In other words, even if the coup is executed inadvertently, the declarer may not take advantage ... of the Proprieties that exposes deliberate attempters of the Coup to further sanctions. See also ... BridgeGuys glossary Alcatraz Coup . WPCBIndex DEFAULTSORT Alcatraz Coup Category Bridge coups ... more details
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