Word: ousting
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...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...
...after the Webster decision, pro-choice activists held a rally and declared all anti-abortion politicans politically dead. They vowed to organize plans to oust any elected official who disagrees with their position. The anti-abortion camp has been far less vocal in the aspect, but many anti-abortionists would only vote for candidates who agree with them. This closed-minded attitude is destructive to democracy...
...oust club members, what can we do with them? Rehabilitation is too tedious and painful. Also, we have no guarantee that the new and improved ex-members would not revert to their evil ways. The importance of our quest allows no room for error...