Word: ouster
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...aftermath of a year of Faculty activism that led to the ouster of University President Lawrence H. Summers, members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) say they do not intend to give up their newly-won power once Harvard’s next president takes office...
...enough support in Taiwan's parliament to secure the two-thirds vote necessary to push through a recall motion. That could change if Chen or his wife become directly linked to illegal activities, notes Sheng, which might cause a critical mass of DPP members to join calls for his ouster. "The DPP can tolerate poor government performance, but it can't tolerate corruption within the First Family," says Hei-yuan Chiu, a sociologist at Academia Sinica, a state-funded research institute...
Kabila's ascension to the leadership of Zaire, a nation of 45 million people the size of Western Europe and rich in diamonds, gold, cobalt and copper, came with stunning speed. Mobutu's ouster was the culmination of a seven-month military campaign that began as an uprising among Tutsi tribesmen in southeastern Zaire after they were ordered expelled from the country. With backing from the anti-Mobutu governments of Uganda, Rwanda and Angola, Kabila took control of and expanded the rebel movement, sweeping east to west across the vast Central African nation almost without opposition until he was camped...
...control on everything, the area has been calm since two months," residents of the city and its surroundings view things differently. Businesses have closed, and recent intense clashes between Taliban fighters and security forces have created a sense that the political order installed in Kabul after the Taliban's ouster may itself be about to collapse - under pressure from the resurgent Taliban insurgency and under the weight of its own dependence on local warlords...
...what got Americans really outraged last week was the departure of rocker CHRIS DAUGHTRY, 26, from the fifth season of American Idol. Fans were infuriated, threatening to boycott the show and demanding a vote recount. Judges were dumbfounded. And Daughtry was the most shocked of all, saying that his ouster "doesn't make sense logically." Although he didn't make the cut on Idol, Daughtry has already been fielding job offers, including the front-man gig for the band Fuel. Meanwhile, bald guys lost their best hope for a macho sex symbol since Vin Diesel. Has anyone checked the Hair...