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...morning, attended by all the company's directors except him. Over a breakfast that almost no one touched, Redstone spent 15 minutes explaining why he felt Biondi was not providing the "nimble and aggressive" leadership the company needed. After 2 1/2 hours of discussion, the board voted unanimously to oust the CEO. "It was a very intense meeting," recalls director George Abrams. "Later Sumner told me it was one of the toughest things he ever...
...POLES OUST WALESA...
...forced the city's five-member police commission to replace Gates. Williams, who had been Philadelphia's chief, arrived in Los Angeles the next year promising to reform the department's "paramilitary mentality." But the outsider allowed Gates' entire command staff to stay on the job and failed to oust most of the 44 problem officers. He didn't remake the department, and he couldn't be the patrolman's pit bull, as Gates had been. So now he courts irrelevance...
...long enough to seal a deal--or run a company. Turner and Malone would both control major chunks of Time Warner stock, 10% and 9% respectively. Although by law Ma lone could own only 5% of the voting stock, he and Tur ner would still have enough clout to oust Levin, especially if they were to join forces with other major holders like Seagram (9% if the deal were completed...
Similarly, Ronald Reagan felt it justified to risk American lives to oust Manuel Noriega. Reagan's media correspondents justified the war by claiming that Noriega was involved in drug trafficing, human rights violations and the abusive control of power through a squad of thugs who enforced a reign of terror. The validity of some of these claims is supported by empirical evidence. In hindsight, however, it seems all too apparent that the battle was fought because the interests of American merchants were being threatened...