Word: ouster
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...history. The vote in the House was unanimous: 406 to 0. Convicted of tax evasion in 1984 and sentenced to two years in prison, Claiborne, 69, has refused to resign from the bench because he contends that he was a victim of government harassment. He intends to fight his ouster when the Senate hears the case in September. In the meantime, he continues to draw his $78,700-a- year salary...
...occasion for this sudden halt in activity was a two-day general strike, called last week by a vast coalition of labor and other opposition groups seeking the ouster of Dictator General Augusto Pinochet. The work stoppage appeared to be one of the most effective antigovernment actions in the 13 years since Pinochet seized power. "The strike was a complete success, even beyond what we expected," said Juan Luis Gonzalez, who heads the Assembly of Civility, the umbrella group of 250 unions, student groups and civic organizations that joined to sponsor the strike...
...Portland, Ore., earned a mention in history, when she capped 22 years in law enforcement by being named the first female chief of a major police force in the U.S. Last week she resigned as head of the Portland police bureau, after an investigating commission called for her ouster, charging that "defects of leadership" had irretrievably cost her the confidence of her 760-member command...
After Reagan and Marcos spoke, the men's wives came to the phone and spoke privately for several minutes. A local television crew recording the Marcos' end of the conversation showed Imelda Marcos weeping, as she often has in public since the ouster...
...Israel in the 1967 war, the strutting 27-year-old Gaddafi seemed to provide an image of Arab pride. Gaddafi saw himself as the heir to Nasser's crusade for Arab unity, and he would later form paper unions with Egypt, Morocco, Syria and Sudan. He engineered the ouster of British and American bases in Libya and negotiated shrewd deals with Western oil companies to yield greater revenues for Libya. With that money, Gaddafi set about to make good on his promises of free housing, medical care and education for Libya's citizens, something he largely accomplished...