71.   Leading the coup attempt was Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, joined by Comptroller John Sharp, Attorney General Dan Morales, Land Commissioner Garry Mauro and Treasurer Martha Whitehead.

72.   Nevertheless he immediately branded the attack a coup attempt and his police chief, Hok Lundy, called it an assassination attempt.

73.   Now he has surrounded himself with Tutsi loyalists from his home province of Buruni, in part to fend off the regular coup attempts by hard-line Tutsi.

74.   On Monday, newspapers reported that a coup attempt was uncovered in the central industrial city of Maracay.

75.   Part of the reason was that the Republicans desperately needed to show some unity after the failed coup attempt against House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

76.   Saddam has faced several aborted coup attempts, including one involving family members.

77.   Several GOP members said Armey backed away from the coup attempt only when he realized that Paxon would likely be the winner in an election to replace Gingrich.

78.   Since assuming office, Chavez has indeed appointed several officers who joined him in the coup attempt to important government posts.

79.   Since then, Venezuela has gone through two coup attempts, four changes of government and seven communications ministers.

80.   Some of the aspirants were among a group of conservatives who engineered a failed coup attempt against Gingrich last year.