1.   He survived coups, invasions and assassination attempts to build Jordan from the desert sands.

2.   The faction that wanted closer militia ties survived the coup.

3.   After surviving the coup last month, Chavez has removed dozens of officers from command posts, in some cases replacing generals with lower ranking officers.

4.   But while his government survived this coup, its future is far from secure.

5.   Ms. Hasina survived the coup because she was abroad at the time.

6.   Ms. Hasina survived the coup, which killed most of her family, because she was abroad at the time.

7.   She survived the coup because she was holidaying abroad.

8.   Since surviving the coup, Chavez has tried to improve relations with the business community by replacing unpopular members of his economic team.

9.   He was the father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, who survived the coup as she was in West Germany at that time.