Word: oust
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...often been judged less for its performance than for what it represents. Secularists feel this is "an existential issue," explains Altinay, "and therefore that any route to stopping them is acceptable." The distrust, of course, is mutual. Erdogan has publicly chafed at what he views as secularist machinations to oust him from power. Earlier this year he hinted that a recent murder of a secularist judge may have been engineered to discredit him and his party...
...possible to change this regime through democratic means. There can be no change without force, pressure.' BORIS BEREZOVSKY, exiled Russian billionaire, claiming that he was funding an attempt to oust Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin has called for Britain to strip the tycoon of his refugee status there and to extradite him to Russia
...rejected by DOJ and White House political guru Karl Rove, Sampson, Gonzales's chief of staff, suggested forcing out a more limited number of U.S. attorneys. In consultation with Miers and others at the White House and DOJ, Sampson drew up a hit list and detailed plans to oust them, with a heavy emphasis on politics...
RUNNING. Al Franken, 55, liberal political satirist; for the U.S. Senate; in a move that generated an immediate hum around a rather uneventful Minnesota Senate race. Franken, who hopes to oust Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in 2008, made the announcement on the final day of his Air America radio show, saying he plans to prove to voters that "he takes [the] issues seriously...
...state oil company and almost every state government. People have learned that dissent isn't just frowned upon, it's actually grounds for having your job application rejected: scores of Venezuelans say they cannot get hired by government entities because they signed in favor of a referendum to oust Chavez in 2004. Even smaller Chavez-allied parties could lose their voice if they merge into a unified socialist party the president is creating - which has giveN pause in some circles, like the communist party...