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Jobs, wistfully opining about Apple as dolphin and IBM as shark, blamed Sculley and tried to engineer a coup, only to run afoul of a counter-coup.
William Bradley: Steve Jobs: Hardly a Perfect Person, Perhaps a Perfect Icon William Bradley 2011
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This is followed by a counter-coup by Pashtun troops, and civil war in the government-controlled areas.
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Jobs, wistfully opining about Apple as dolphin and IBM as shark, blamed Sculley and tried to engineer a coup, only to run afoul of a counter-coup.
William Bradley: Steve Jobs: Hardly a Perfect Person, Perhaps a Perfect Icon William Bradley 2011
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Moreover, Yar'Adua's secretive return to Abuja on February 24, apparently orchestrated by Turai's cabal, resembled a military counter-coup in style.
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Moreover, Yar'Adua's secretive return to Abuja on February 24, apparently orchestrated by Turai's cabal, resembled a military counter-coup in style.
Nigeria Fragmented and Unstable Amb. John Campbell 2010
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In 2002, Chavez was ousted in a coup, but was quickly reinstated after a counter-coup.
Five reasons why readers should disregard the Global Property Guide... 2009
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In the second paragraph, it is yet another bourgeois lie that "In 2002, Chavez was ousted in a coup, but was quickly reinstated after a counter-coup."
Five reasons why readers should disregard the Global Property Guide... 2009
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It is an evenbigger and moreslimylie of the bourgeoisie that Chavez "was quickly reinstated after a counter-coup."
Five reasons why readers should disregard the Global Property Guide... 2009
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The coup and near counter-coup of a few renegade members have exposed the most "dysfunctional" state legislative body to editorial scorn and cartoon ridicule.
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As noted by Alvaro Vargas Llosa in the New York Times, the recent coup (or counter-coup) in Honduras is eagerly being seized upon by President Chávez, as he attempts to play the unlikely role as the hero of democracy in Latin America.
Robert Amsterdam: Why Obama Is a Nightmare for Ahmadinejad and Ch��vez 2009
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