Word: ousters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unrest began in church. Sunday's evening Mass at the old Cathedral of Cap Haitien had just concluded when a lone voice in the congregation bellowed out, "Abas (Down with) Duvalier!" With startling vigor, the cry was taken up by other worshipers, and the chanting demand for Duvalier's ouster quickly became the catalyst for a short-lived demonstration on the steps of the church...
...Conservatives rallied around their embattled Prime Minister, but the Tory backbenchers overwhelmingly demanded Brittan's ouster. They were particularly dismayed at the lack of political judgment he had displayed in the whole affair. Cranley Onslow, a leader of the group, met with Brittan and said, "You must know where your duty lies." The Minister then dutifully penned his resignation. Trumpeted the Times of London in a headline the following day: GOVERNMENT SHAKEN AT PUBLIC HUMILIATION...
Peter the Great's troubles have left a wake of unhappy people. Schell is upset that a double was used and has vowed never to do another mini-series. Schiller (who is given co-directing and "preproduction" credit) is still furious about his ouster, and has filed a $10 million lawsuit. NBC, meanwhile, has its own cause for concern: Peter the Great will be competing against CBS's steamy mini-series Sins. After surviving production disputes, a disappearing star and a climate that defeated Napoleon, Peter the Great may finally be done in by Joan Collins...
...wrathful Old Testament deity. In 1900, two years after the proclamation of Western-oriented reforms by the young Emperor Guang Xu, the Boxers, a peasant organization that aimed at ridding China of the presence and influence of Europeans, exploded in a burst of xenophobia, called for the ouster of all foreigners and fought a yearlong war with Western colonial troops dispatched to put down the uprising. Six decades later, following the collapse of a close association with the Soviet Union in ideological wrangling about the true path to Communism, Mao triggered the Cultural Revolution to turn China in on itself...
Romanov's ouster seems to be a case in point. Before Gorbachev's selection as General Secretary, Romanov was regarded by many Kremlinologists as a serious contender for the leadership. According to some reports, Romanov led the opposition to Gorbachev inside the Politburo by nominating another Old Guardsman, Moscow Party Chief Viktor Grishin, 70, as a candidate for General Secretary...