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Vocabulary Building Blocks: (71 Across) coup (NOUN) 1. A brilliant and notable success. 2. A sudden telling blow; masterstroke. 3. A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force. Synonyms: coup d'etat, putsch, takeover. An
example of a coup would be the October Revolution in Russia, in which the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 took control of the government after a period of civil war. Coup derives from the Greek: kolaphos a blow with the fist. Coup d'etat is French meaning definition number three as written above.
Did You Know? (67 Down) The euro is the basic monetary unit of the European Union (EU). Coins and bills of the euro denomiation went into circulation, (on Janauary 1, 2002), and replaced the previously existing monies of 12 of the 15 EU members at the time, which included Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland,
Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, respectively.
EASY CROSSWORDS LINKS 001-100 AND EASY CROSSWORDS LINKS 101-200
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