Word: oust
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...Patrick ’78 won the state’s governorship. In addition to campaigning for Patrick at home, the Dems had taken several trips to Rhode Island to campaign for Whitehouse. And the club also stumped for Democrat Bob Casey Jr. in his successful bid to oust Republican Sen. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania...
...Adding to the problem, there was no assurance that Bolivians would have access to their own gas and oil after privatization. Thanks to a lack of infrastructure and a more attractive export market, frequent gas shortages have plagued the country. It was those conditions that helped oust two Presidents and propel Morales to his current position, where he has become a strong ally of outspoken Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez...
Here's how a civil war could start. Islamic preachers under Hamas' influence begin denouncing Abbas in mosques as a stooge of the U.S. and Israel, undercutting his credibility. Hamas would then use its majority in the legislative body to try to oust Abbas as President. If that were to fail, Hamas' fighters would take to the streets in Gaza and the West Bank territories. Such an internecine conflict would devastate the Palestinians, since many families have fathers who support Abbas and sons who belong to Hamas. And the consequences for Israel could be just as dire. A senior Hamas...
...shortsighted political leadership. Prime Minister Gyurcsány seems hell-bent on staying in power despite losing 18 of 19 counties and 15 of 23 cities in the just-completed local elections, and despite President Laszlo Solyom’s public, and not very veiled, suggestion that parliament oust...
...past, moments like this have produced what political scientists call "wave elections," in which voters oust even lawmakers who don't seem vulnerable and political icons lose to underfunded unknowns. In 1948 there was widespread disappointment with the Republican-held "do nothing" Congress. It turned out to be an easy target for President Truman's Democrats, who retook both chambers. Such waves can sneak up. In September 1994 a Congressional Quarterly columnist, voicing the conventional wisdom of the time, wrote that the G.O.P.'s chances of taking the House were "dim." Two months later, Newt Gingrich and company capitalized...