Word: ouster
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sales. But instead of a celebratory gathering of the clan, the stockholders' meeting of Bacardi Corp. on Thursday was another episode in a high-stakes corporate and family feud. A battle for control of the company has split the more than 500 Bacardi heirs and apparently led to the ouster of four family members from high posts in the rum business...
...democratic legislative election in the Philippines since Marcos abolished the old Congress in 1972, later to replace it with the unicameral National Assembly, his rubber-stamp parliament. The new Congress, which convenes in July, will take over the legislative powers that Aquino has been exercising by decree since Marcos' ouster in February 1986. Last week's election was the final step in restoring a system of checks and balances under the terms of a new constitution that was approved in a national referendum last February...
Robert Maust, vice president for student affairs, said Auclair has told him that he plans to appeal his dismissal to the administration. Once the appeal is received in writing the ouster will be stayed pending a decision, Maust said...
Fish refused to specify exactly what Stanley did--apparently a series of incidents contributed to Stanley's ouster--but it was clear something was wrong and it was affecting the team, Fish said...
...being toppled," says Kenneth Lieberthal, director of the - University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies. Experts also agree that while the pace of Deng's reforms may be slowed, they will not be rolled back. The fall of the reform-minded Hu Yaobang, however, muddies the outlook. His ouster could turn what had shaped up as a smooth transition of leadership into a bitter brawl for succession once Deng leaves power...