Word: ouster
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...border checkpoint, a notorious smugglers' route from the Pakistani town of Chaman. Entering or leaving the country often requires no papers at all. "It's impossible to control," says Khalid Pashtoon, spokesman for Kandahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai. It's also the Taliban's gateway to revenge. Following their ouster from Afghanistan, most Taliban leaders found sanctuary among fellow ethnic Pashtuns in Pakistan's lawless Baluchistan and North-West Frontier Province (N.W.F.P.) regions. Pakistani authorities have arrested nearly 500 suspected al-Qaeda members, but Karzai, among others, has charged that the U.S.'s avowed ally has shown little inclination...
Illingworth’s departure follows the ouster of Lewis in March and a restructuring of the College administration that combines the oversight of academic and extracurricular matters—some say to the detriment of the latter...
Echoing suggestions urged by outgoing Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68—an advocate of extracurriculars whose ouster has been cited as evidence of Summers’ desire to diminish their role—Summers said that the curriculum should seek to “incorporate aspects of our students’ extracurricular experience that make them so meaningful” and to “find more ways to let students work in groups, to set their own direction and to be guided by mentors in their areas of interest...
...Merrill Lynch before joining the Reagan team, where he was a prime mover behind the landmark 1986 tax reforms. When he became chief of staff, he ran into trouble; the Iran-contra scandal blew up on his watch, and he tangled with the First Lady, who helped speed his ouster after a year. He retaliated with a memoir, For the Record, that disclosed Nancy's reliance on an astrologer for advice, which she gave her beloved "Ronnie." Mrs. Reagan later responded with her own book, in which she labeled Regan "explosive" and sniffed that he "often acted...
...seen as coming primarily from the U.S. and Israel. His weakness relative to Arafat within the PA was demonstrated in the showdown over his cabinet, in which he was forced to concede to many of Arafat's demands. Now, with the "roadmap" process having been tied directly to his ouster, Arafat has little incentive to help his prime minister deliver, and plenty of reason to do what he can to make sure Abbas fails. Moreover, having no role in delivering on the "roadmap," Arafat is free to reinforce the hostility of the Fatah rank-and-file by railing against "plots...