Word: ouster
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...down at home, Mengistu-like other African leftist leaders-has attempted to consolidate his power by cozying up to the Soviet Union. He was especially anxious to court the Kremlin in view of the rapid cooling of the U.S.'s interest in Ethiopia following the junta's ouster of the Emperor, who had received $600 million in American aid between...
Without notice on Nov. 2, 1975, President Ford fired Schlesinger, ostensibly because Ford felt uneasy in the presence of his harsh Defense Secretary. "Bullshit," says Schlesinger. The real reason, he suspects, was his constant questioning of Kissinger's détente policies. After his ouster, Schlesinger passed up offers of high-paying positions in industry to become a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University and settled into a cramped office in Washington. ("I have never done anything for money.") A request from then Candidate Jimmy Carter for advice on defense policy led to his present...
Spokesmen for Murdoch at the Post said yesterday they could not explain the ouster of Wilson and the other member, Mary Joan Glynn, a cosmetics executive for the Revlon Corporation...
Died. Fernando Maria Castiella y Maiz, 68, Spanish Foreign Minister from 1957 until his ouster during a Cabinet shake-up in 1969; following a heart attack; in Madrid. Tall and powerfully built, Castiella fought with Franco's Blue Division shock troops alongside Nazi forces on the Russian front during World War II. As head of the Foreign Ministry, Castiella earned a reputation as a stubborn negotiator; he repeatedly drove tough bargains with the U.S. over military-base leases and doggedly-though unsuccessfully-strove to retrieve Gibraltar from British rule. Toward the end of his career, Castiella came under increasing...
Though Thammasat University had been closed, 4,000 students broke down the gates and occupied it. Some staged antigovernment skits; others secretly brought in guns. The students were supported by 43 Bangkok labor unions, which gave the government their own three-day deadline for Thanom's ouster. After that, they threatened, there would be a general strike...