Word: ousting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...member Central Committee of the ruling party. Many Western diplomats believe a strong conservative faction has grown up around Hoxha's widow Nexhmije, supported by the Sigurimi, Albania's much feared secret police force. Anxious to slow if not halt the reforms, the conservatives may even have sought to oust Alia...
Except for passing up a pay raise, there is nothing the Senate abhors more than sitting in judgment of one of its own. But unless Minnesota's errant Republican David Durenberger resigns in the next few weeks, the "world's most exclusive club" will soon face a wrenching choice: oust him or appear to condone repeated instances of rule evasion and lawbreaking...
...much of Harvard's "private placement portfolio." It includes the risky, high-yield holdings of real estate, oil and gas, venture capital--in which a private investor provides funds for start-up or rapidly growing firms--and leveraged buy-outs, in which large amounts of capital are used to oust current management and take control of a targeted company...
Informal ties between Harvard and ROTC persist despite the Faculty's decision 21 years ago to oust the institution from campus. Harvard allows non-Harvard ROTC students to use the University's athletic facilities for training purposes, and Harvard students can participate in special ROTC graduation ceremonies on the Harvard campus. This despite the military's avowed policy of denying entrance to gays and lesbians and despite the University's official policy of not recognizing organizations that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation...
...wrote the opinion, joined by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Brennan, White and Stevens. "Replacements may in some circumstances desire union representation despite their willingness to cross the picket line," wrote Marshall. The likely impact: employers who hire replacements for striking workers will find it more difficult to oust their union...