51.   During the abortive coup attempt in Russia, IRC was an invaluable source of information, both to the outside world and those resisting the coup.

52.   El Globo reported this morning that the coup attempt ended before it could pose a threat to the government.

53.   For several years after the coup attempt, the United States refused to extend an entry visa to Chavez.

54.   Gorbachev said no faction has enough strength to engineer the kind of coup attempt that led to his own downfall.

55.   Having survived two coup attempts, he learned long ago to leave certain things unsaid.

56.   He fought off a coup attempt a year later.

57.   He has denied any involvement in the coup attempt, although government officials have indicated they suspect he had a role in it.

58.   He still commands the Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement, a collection of disaffected officers who joined him in an unsuccessful coup attempt.

59.   His action was criticized by human rights advocates, but his backers said it was the only way to stop a series of military coup attempts.

60.   However, most of the party faithful cringed at the public bloodletting that accompanied the failed coup attempt.