Word: ouster
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...military junta picked many of them for top jobs. They were given broad authority to cope with emergency in 1975, when the country lay in ruins, hammered by three blows in succession. First there was the economic chaos that preceded and immediately followed Allende's bloody ouster, then the surge in oil prices, and finally the collapse of the price of copper, which accounted for more than 80% of Chile's exports...
...late-summer tradition, has not been invited back for 1980's Miss America contest. Parks took the news hard: "I never thought they'd pull a trick like this. It's a little shabby, isn't it?" No reason was given for his ouster, nor was a successor announced. Some names have been dropped, such as those of Entertainer John Davidson, 38, as sincere as Bert but far younger, and Singer Mac Davis...
...faculty vote calling for Silber's ouster is expected to have little immediate impact because it is the board of trustees, not the faculty, that hires and fires the president...