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coup - definition by dict.die.net Coup de grace (k??" de gr?s") [F.], the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke. Coup de main (k??` de m?n`) [F.] (Mil.), a sudden and unexpected movement or attack. Coup d'['e]tat (k??" d?-t?") [F.] (Politics), a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy. dict.die.net /coup   (286 words)

Coup de main - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Coup de main is a swift attack that relies on speed and surprise to accomplish its objectives in a single blow. However, in French a "coup de main" (un coup de main) means "a helping hand" and does not carry the negative connotations of the English "coup de main." The very first airborne assault in the Battle of Normandy, on Pegasus Bridge, is an example of a "coup de main" operation, and is sometimes referred to as Operation Coup de Main, though this is incorrect -- the capture of Pegasus Bridge did not have a code-name. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coup_de_main   (179 words)

Chapter Coup de Grace <i>to</i> Coute que Coute of C by Brewer's Phrase & Fable When criminals were tortured by the wheel or otherwise, the executioner gave him a coup de grâce, or blow on the head or breast, to put him out of his misery. The punishment is concluded by a blow across the breast, called the coup de grâce, or blow of mercy because it removes the sufferer from his agony. Coup de Theatre An unforeseen or unexpected turn in a drama to produce a sensational effect. www.bibliomania.com /2/3/255/1168/19825/1.html   (653 words)

Features While creating the “fear of a coup” environment, and reminding the armed forces of abiding the chain of command, the military intelligence intensifies monitoring activities of division, brigade, battalion and company commanders in the field and suspected “destabilizers” within the military. Current conditions may seem unpropitious for military coup de'etat, but the specter of military forceful actions may still be able to exert a perverse influence on the political process. Military coup abuzz as rumors because divisions among the officers corps and military rebellious factions are widely perceived, thus preventing elements within the military from taking action. www.ipd.ph /features/2006/coupdetat.html   (1423 words)

purevolume™ | Coup de main Five musicians with similar music tastes decided to unite their efforts to create a band and defined with a style they've called their band "Coup de Main". Coup de main hasn't posted a blog yet. Coup de main hasn't posted any shows yet. www.purevolume.com /coupdemain   (124 words)

Topical Words: Coup It turns up first about 1400 for a blow or stroke, then changes to mean an upset or overturning, and later to refer to emptying something out—such as a wheelbarrow—to finally arrive in modern Scots with the sense of a rubbish tip. In French coup is a close relative of couper, to cut. And the two-seater cars called coupés derive their name from it, since the original early nineteenth-century French term for a small carriage was a carosse coupé, a cut-off carriage, a version of an older vehicle called a berlin with the back seats taken out. www.worldwidewords.org /topicalwords/tw-cou1.htm   (432 words)

The Take-Down of Kabul: An Effective Coup de Main - Military Photos For the coup de main to succeed, Amin had to be eliminated and Kabul had to be taken quickly, which meant that the in-bound airborne and motorized rifle divisions would not be available for the mission. The main requirements for a coup de main are planning, audacity, and surprise. Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines a coup de main as a sudden attack in force whereas a coup d’etat is a violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group. www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=13634   (11893 words)

Coup de grâce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The expression coup de grâce (French: "blow of mercy") means a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature. Not pronouncing the final "c" is an example of a hyperforeignism: in French, this is the pronunciation of coup de gras ("blow of fat"). 2, during a discussion with Bill, mentions his performing a coup de grâce on her by shooting her in the head, but uses the incorrect pronunciation of "coup de gras". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coup_de_grace   (615 words)

cimbala.html This coup would combine elements of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the taking of Kabul in 1979; the Israeli raid to rescue hostages at Entebbe in 1976; and the U.S. invasion of Panama to unseat military strongman Manuel Noriega during the Bush administration. In general, the coup planning would be supported by intelligence and espionage operations inside Iraq, including activities helping to road map the security services and other place guards that have protected Hussein thus far from his own people. The coup would call for boldness instead of bigness, stealth instead of slugfest, and a weedkiller approach to intelligence instead of the lawn and garden variety that Congress seems to favor most of the time. www.psu.edu /ur/oped/cimbala2.html   (1003 words)

Approaching By Coup De Main By definition, a coup d'etat is excluded from consideration: the whole point of the long struggle to ascertain the true status of this article of Amendment was to establish its bona fides as a part of the foundation law for the union. Therefore, what we are discussing here is a coup de main, a "sudden enterprise or effort," as defined by Webster's. Politically speaking, the reality of this amendment requires action by coup de main, by a sudden enterprise and a sudden effort -- because the slow and steady work of talking to people and sending out e-mails on the subject has been done, and has been largely unsuccessful. www.rumormillnews.com /cgi-bin/archive.cgi?read=5468   (1240 words)

Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Coup d’Œil (French).   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09) Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Coup d’Œil (French). Coup de Pied de l’Ane (kick from the ass’s foot).    The coup d’œil was grand in the extreme. www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/81/4221.html   (91 words)

GreenCine | product main - Coup De Grâce (Criterion Collection) (1976)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09) 1976's Coup de Grace (released in Germany as Der Fangschluss) was inspired by a Marguerite Yourcenar novel and directed by Volker Schlondorff. Coup de Grace is set in the days of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia (1917), and depicts the relationship between an intelligent Russian woman and a polished German officer. Coup de Grace is largely a quiet, subdued work, however, it achieves masterfully distilled moments of drama, particularly in its denouement. www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=28982   (464 words)

TCS: Tech Central Station - War and Wishful Thinking Against whom would the coup de main have been directed, and in what shape would the fist have appeared that struck the blow? A failure to descend to these questions of concrete detail is surprising in a novelist like Mark Helprin -- a novelist's one great advantage, after all, lies in his habit of visualizing in the vivid round what the mere thinker is apt to see as a bloodless abstraction. In a novel, it is not enough for the main character to declare war -- he must declare it on someone, and this someone must be specified in order to make the story seem like a story, instead of merely the outline for one. www.travelbrochuregraphics.com /extra/war_and_wishful_thinking.htm   (1155 words)

Tout pour réussir (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09) Faire des études professionnelles au secondaire ou des études techniques au collégial, c’est un investissement important. Le conseiller ou la conseillère d’orientation qui possède un diplôme de maîtrise en orientation et counseling et qui est obligatoirement membre de son ordre professionnel est la personne toute désignée pour t’aider dans cette démarche. Des personnes en fauteuil roulant assembleuses en aéronautique ou techniciennes en procédures douanières. toutpourreussir.com.cob-web.org:8888 /fr/coup_de_main.php   (1281 words)

TIME.com: Coup de Repos -- Nov. 3, 1958 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09) But what happened last week in Bangkok was not a coup d'état, nor even a coup de main, coup de Jarnac, coup de grâce, coup de maitre, coup de pied or a coup d'oeil. Searching for the trenchant Gallic phrase to describe Strongman Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat's apparent coup against himself, the best that observers could manage was coup de repos, i.e., a move that leaves the main features of a situation unchanged but also puts opponents at a disadvantage. Sarit is reportedly quite impressed by the way General de Gaulle is handling affairs in France, and believes that he might do as well himself if only he did not have to face so many democratic handicaps. www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,810576,00.html   (614 words)

Un p'tit coup de main ?? - International forum Oaiss, pas de quoi, mais justement, le grammaire vietnamien est trop facile que les autres langues. Il y a quelques chanteurs et chanteuses trop célèbre du VN...Ils ont des belles voix... Une agence de traduction, eine Übersetzungsagentur : Traduction allemand Französisch Übersetzung - Agence Traduction allemand help.berberber.com /forum15/39844-un-ptit-coup-de-main.html   (341 words)

coup de main definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta coup de main definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta Search for "coup de main" in all of MSN Encarta Everest: Beyond the Limit on the Discovery Channel encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861688455/coup_de_main.html   (69 words)

Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Coup de Grâce. Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Coup de Grâce. “The Turks dealt the coup de grâce to the Eastern empire.”—Times. The following is taken from a note (chap. www.bartleby.com /81/4219.html   (184 words)

Combat Studies Institute - Urban Operations: An Historical Casebook Their experience subjugating the Hungarian revolution of 1956 (where the Soviet forces suffered tremendous losses) led to improved methods and techniques, so that in the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Army only lost 96 killed. By that point, the elements of their coup de main model now included the pre-invasion insertion of an in-country Soviet military and KGB element and the production of a cover or deception operation to divert attention away from the imminent attack. Airborne elements would fly in and help the in-place Spetsnaz take the capital city of Kabul and the main airfields. www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/2002/MOUTGrau.htm   (10222 words)

Audioblog.fr » 2004 » novembre » 17 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09) Ils ont donné leur vie pour audioblog.fr, que leur bandaison dure 1000 ans et que leur gloire nous illumine sans fin... Un petit portfolio d'images réalisées avec des téléphones portables Ce carnet de notes rédigé avec force alcools et tabacs est turbiné valeureusement dans une athmosphère de luxure honteuse par WordPress 2.0.5 www.blog.saint-elie.com.cob-web.org:8888 /archives/2004/11/17/guitar-pro-sur-mac-coup-d...   (271 words)

COUP home page - from space! Look for COUP bowling next Tuesday while we wait for a room to open up. Regular COUP meetings will start up on Tuesday January 17th at the usual 7pm time. The annual Coup bash of holiday debauchery, or at least sitting around eating yummy food and maybe playing some games or something. www.unc.edu /coup   (1359 words)

VH1.com : Coup De Grace : Artist Main Add a link to your "Coup De Grace" fan site on VH1.com! Minneapolis metal band the Coup de Grace got more publicity from having their eponymous 1990 debut album produced by Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner than for the rather mundane limp-wristed thrash music it contained. E-commerce on this website is brought to you by MTVN Direct Inc. www.vh1.com /artists/az/coup_de_grace/artist.jhtml   (122 words)

Coup de main entre amies on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Coup de main entre amies on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Pour tomber, le pantalon se débrouille seul, mais pour le relever la main d'un ami est nécessaire. Sign up for a free account, or sign in (if you're already a member). www.flickr.com /photos/sam-s-place/274788328   (92 words)

Coup De Main Informatique (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09) Bienvenue sur le portail informatique de Coup De Main Informatique. Vous trouverez sur ce site des liens vers de nombreux articles se rapportant à l'informatique, des logiciels libres à internet en passant par la programmation objet, et bien d'autres encore. Acheter Ordinateur Dell - PC de bureau, ordinateurs portables, imprimantes, téléviseurs et autres accessoires et matériel électronique. www.coupdemaininformatique.com.cob-web.org:8888   (57 words)

Coup de Main Mauricie Organisme à but non lucratif reconnu pour son caractère humanitaire, Coup de main Mauricie offre une solution individualisée, propice au développement d'habiletés et de compétences socioprofessionnelles. Parmi ceux-ci, l'usage concret de la production de contrats pour des entreprises de la région, permet un apprentissage concret ainsi qu'un partenariat significatif porteur de réussites ! Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de la Mauricie www.coupdemainmauricie.org   (72 words)

Re: Approaching By Coup De Main In Response To: Approaching By Coup De Main (Patriotlad) Sounds like we need a hero or two in high places to lead us out of this political desert in which we find ourselves? It is supposed from your comments that you have already tried to figure out a way to do this. www.rumormillnews.com /cgi-bin/archive.cgi?read=5469   (545 words)

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"Word Safari"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09) Harriet Beecher Stowe: Up the stair-case in a single bound Note: In French coup de main can also denote a "favor" or "helping hand" Pick a bail of cotton and bring on the la-la music home.earthlink.net /~ruthpett/safari/ansa-g/coupdemain.htm   (55 words)

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