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...further reducing production?especially in the coal-mining industry, whose output fell by nearly 10% in 1981. In addition, the country was soon swept by a spate of wildcat strikes over local issues. In some cases, Solidarity chapters were taking on the Communist Party bureaucracy by demanding the ouster of corrupt local officials or the conversion of party buildings to public hospitals...
...follows Communist policy by totally rejecting papal authority, and a "Silent Church" movement of unknown size that remains loyal to Rome. The conflict between the two sides intensified last June when the regime withdrew its tacit recognition of Jesuit Bishop Dominic Tang as head of the Canton diocese. The ouster came just after Pope John Paul II asserted Tang's Vatican connection by appointing him Archbishop of Canton. Tang's Communist-approved successor in Canton, Bishop Ye Yinyun, has continued to press the battle against the Vatican, accusing visiting priests from Hong Kong of efforts to "spread rumors...
...July amid accusations of past illegal stock manipulation. And Casey is currently under investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee for his own financial dealings, including his involvement in a New Orleans agricultural firm that went bankrupt. A report due to be released soon will not recommend Casey's ouster, but it will raise a few additional questions that the President's longtime political pal may be called upon to answer before the full committee...
After Duggan's ouster in the 75th minute, one might have supposed that the Harvard evanescent defense would have disappeared, but the booters had their best opportunity of the game in the 89th minute when Leo Lanzillo pounded a left-footed shot from the 18-yd, line that just missed the right post...
...began to fear for their physical safety. As Matta puts it: "All of us are in this dilemma, [because] Muslims feel Shenouda is a threat to Islam and the Koran. He was working against the line of the government and moderate Muslims." Most Copts feel that Shenouda's ouster is a tolerable price to pay for communal peace...