Word: oust
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...Teamsters Union." It also cited evidence that Williams had been involved in a scheme to receive cash skimmed from Las Vegas casinos. The subcommittee asked the Labor Department to investigate Williams' suitability for the Teamster's job and to seek a federal court order to oust him if he cannot clear up the allegations of corruption...
...Giscard spoke of "the end of great hopes" brought about by the election two weeks ago of Socialist François Mitterrand. At the same time, he pledged that he would always be at his "country's disposal," presumably in case the electorate should one day decide to oust the usurper. Giscard ended his address with an emotional invocation: "In these difficult times, when evil prowls and strikes in the world, I hope that Providence will watch over France, for its happiness, its well-being and its greatness." Finally, he intoned a solemn "au revoir, "rose and walked slowly...
Members of Local 26, the union that represents Harvard's dining hall workers, decided last week to oust their leadership. By more than a two-to-one margin, union members voted to replace their present officers with an opposition slate committed to rejuvenating the union. "The old officers did nothing. They were a no-show union." Domenic Bozzotto, who will take over as president of the 5000-member union, said this week...
...Carter administration was unique in that it represented an effort by the United States to move away from the political extreme advocated in the past by lending support to a political center. For this Mr. Carter must be given credit. When progressive military officers joined with the left to oust a repressive right-wing government in October of 1979 the administration saw in the move a logical alternative to the two political extremes that have historically disrupted Central American politics. United States involvement, and especially the efforts of Robert White, subsequently led to a land redistribution program that divided...
...unable to control (see following story). White argued that the junta had crushed the guerrillas' "final offensive" in January "without one cartridge coming from the U.S." The military aid, he said, would fall into the hands of the death squads and possibly embolden rightists to stage a coup, oust the junta and set up a regime of bloody repression...