Thus the model uses a flagellum for propulsion purposes.

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

The Return of the African Coup

The tail looks like a whip and may be as long as the body.

The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

The bullwhip effect is an observed phenomenon in forecast driven distribution channels.

Military coup makers and Islamists felt encouraged to contest the regime.

Africa s recent coups have taken place in small countries.

Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

Successful coup makers regularly pledge to restore democratic governance, and sometimes they keep that promise.

Now we have to picture Alan Greenspan in a black leather corset, with a butt tattoo that says, Whip inflation now.

A trade agreement such as this puts US and Central American workers in the same labor market. If the whip is cracked in Tegucigalpa today, workers in Charlotte will feel it tomorrow.

The opposition attempted to execute a new type of coup d'état, corrupting State institutions by using them as instruments of political coercion.

Nevertheless, successful coups may encourage the military to move in other, larger countries.

Nevertheless, coups, whether violent or peaceful, are the antithesis of democratic institutions, and military rule can last a long time.

Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won't come to us for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.'

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves

The results in both cases have been a political history devoid of coups, and financial savings that can be used for education, investment, and other good things.

King Ghazi ruled as a figurehead after King Faisal's death in 1933, while undermined by attempted military coups, until his death in 1939.

Parliament, political parties, and politicians then came and went alternately with military coups, which invariably suppressed the maturation of democratic institutions.

Reliance on a self promoting tycoon like Thaksin is not the best way to boost democracy, but nor is reliance on military coups and kingly intervention.

Elite military units usually protect radio and television stations, because they have often been the first targets in military coups.

In the last century, coups d état were often the means by which (mostly military) rulers remained in power for many years, outlawing and persecuting the opposition.

The international community has limited leverage, and sanctions may have a greater negative impact on the population than on the coup makers.

Starting in 1930 and throughout the 20th century, democratic governments were more often than not interrupted by military coups (see History of Argentina).

Thus, Beck falsely charges that Soros has instigated coups abroad while implying that he plans to carry one out in the US.

Previously, Arab regimes changed through military coups and other sorts of putsches, never through popular revolutions.

The three military coups Turkey endured in 1960, 1971, and 1980 brought neither prosperity nor stability to the country.

NEW YORK The conventional wisdom that sub Saharan Africa has moved beyond military coups may be wishful thinking.

After decades of coups, dictatorships, torture, and disappearances, Latin America today, while not devoid of these plagues, has built a number of firewalls to forestall them.

Amidst the rumors of right wing intrigue and or coups by the Bonapartists or Bourbons in 1874, the National Assembly set about drawing up a new constitution that would be acceptable to all parties.

In 1987, the ADF made its first operational deployment as part of Operation Morris Dance, in which several warships and a rifle company deployed to the waters off Fiji in response to the 1987 Fijian coups d'état.

From the late 1940 s to the late 1980 s, the US played along with, and sometimes actively backed, anti Communist authoritarian rulers, who grabbed and consolidated their powers through violent coups and the suppression of dissent.

Yet, until governments and the elites that support and benefit from them are prepared to commit to democracy, good governance, and the rule of law, and until they are accountable to their populations, coups will remain a viable option.

Daniel Pipes, an American polemicist, has gone so far as almost to endorse the military coups of 1960, 1971, 1980, and 1997, arguing that on four occasions between 1960 and 1997, the military intervened to repair a political process gone awry.

Television in the Arab world has for years been the mouthpiece used by ruling presidents, kings, and emirs to propagate their official opinions and nothing else. Elite military units usually protect radio and television stations, because they have often been the first targets in military coups.

Its repercussions could be enormous, because the contradictory and erratic response of the United States to the coup could be interpreted as tacit encouragement for other would be coup leaders elsewhere in the region, at least in Central America.

Either the military ran various countries, and gorged itself with hardware and troop increases, or weak civilian governments, terrified of military coups or blackmail, placated their armed forces with all sorts of unnecessary martial goodies.

Despite the development of democratic institutions in some parts of Africa, coups appear to be once again an option when democracy seems to be failing, political gridlock has taken hold, or impoverished populations are alienated from constitutional authority.

Successful coups legitimated by popular support (or at least acquiescence) and oiled with promises to restore democracy may become infectious, encouraging copycats in neighboring states where governments are also weak or failing.