He was instrumental in helping Chandragupta overthrow the powerful Nanda dynasty at Pataliputra, in the Magadha region.
Here the adage of Cady is relevant, "Tumor biology is king; and patient selection is queen and technical details of surgical procedures are the princes and princesses of the realm who frequently try to overthrow the powerful forces of the king and queen, usually to no avail, although with some temporary apparent victories".
This Saturday, one iconic square, Trafalgar, is to be turned into another, Tahrir – where Egyptians transfixed the world when, with collective determination, they overthrew a powerful regime.
In September 1573, by overthrowing two powerful daimyo, Hideyoshi became a lord of Nagahama, Ōmi province, and subsequently took the name of Hashiba Chikuzen no kami (Hashiba, Lord of Chikuzen).
During the Arab Spring the world watched as repressive governments, many of which had enjoyed considerable support, or at least tolerance, from the West (ostensibly in pursuit of "stability" in the region), were overthrown by powerful movements led by students fed up with the status quo.
For what doesn't overthrow a power-hungry leader only makes him more powerful.
Its founder, Nakatomi Kamatari (see Fujiwara Kamatari), was already in his day the de facto ruler of the country, for it was he, together with the heir apparent, who had earlier plotted and successfully carried out the overthrow of a powerful rival of the imperial house.
Just before Mr. Thieu resigned, one senior American official, asked how the president was reacting to his army's setbacks, said, "How should I know?" In retrospect, said Stanley Karnow, the journalist and author of "Vietnam: A History," the key moment in Vietnam for the United States was the overthrow of the powerful, but dictatorial and increasingly unpopular Mr. Diem.
Pakistan is widely portrayed as the perennial dysfunctional country, where weak elected governments are inevitably overthrown by a powerful army.
Guys love the idea of overthrowing other more powerful guys and putting themselves in their place.
