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...professor close to the central administration and an individual in regular contact with members of the Corporation.Summers set the plan aside when the controversy over his January remarks on women in science made such a move politically infeasible, according to the sources. “Kirby’s ouster was put on hold indefinitely” after last spring’s controversy erupted, according to the individual close to the Corporation. Ten months later, Summers is still strongly considering asking Kirby to leave, the sources also said, although a spokesman for the president said yesterday that the dean...
...South Africa. The savvy, but ultimately despotic, politician, who tried unsuccessfully to unite Uganda's factionalized parties, was overthrown in 1971 by his military aide, Idi Amin. After Amin's brutal reign, Obote regained power in 1980, but an allegedly rigged election and his repressive rule led to his ouster and exile to Zambia...
...quips. That gentle method of opposition gave way to something bolder on Feb. 22, 1986, when Sin told Manila's residents to go out into the streets to protect military men who had split from Marcos; this turned into the potent force now known as People Power. Following Marcos' ouster, Sin was hailed as a hero-and he enjoyed more power than ever before, inevitably controversial in a country with a 300-year history of Spanish friars who ruled towns and villages. His moral authority prevented Philippine governments from promoting family planning, and as a result, the country's population...
...more than 7,000 workers in Control Data's computer-peripherals division. Whatever steps he takes, Price may have only limited time to prove himself. If he does not quickly turn Control Data into a leaner and more profitable company, the firm's anxious bankers could soon demand his ouster...
...relatively minor issue, the fate of an ailing British helicopter manufacturer, had ballooned into one of the severest tests for Margaret Thatcher in her nearly seven years as Prime Minister. The controversy has already prompted the angry resignation of Defense Minister Michael Heseltine and threatened to force the ouster of Trade and Industry Minister Leon Brittan. In the House of Commons last week, amid charges of high-level deceit and manipulation, Thatcher's critics turned the debate into a full-scale assault on her whole style of governing. Neil Kinnock, the leader of the opposition Labor Party, demanded an investigation...