Word: oustings
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...flare-up began last week when members of the student cabinet moved to oust the president, alleging that he had covered up an investigation of unauthorized telephone calls...
...irritating and conceited old man. But the former did not judge it convenient to overthrow him, convinced as they were that without him it would be hard to find another single objective at which to direct popular rage. The latter, all of whom would have liked to oust him, were unable to agree on who should take his place...
...Chicago's South Side, beating off a challenge by a Daley man. A onetime loyal lieutenant of Daley's who broke with him seven years ago over police misconduct in the black community and in 1975 supported former Alderman William Singer in his unsuccessful attempt to oust The Boss from the mayor's office, Metcalfe ran solely on the issue, "the liberation of the people from the Daley plantation." Thus, though Daley still is supreme, his hold on the city's black vote may be weakening...
...network raced away with the "second season," claiming a 34.3 share of the audience compared with CBS's 30.5 and NBC's 29.1.- Although it is unlikely that ABC will pass CBS in the overall season's ratings, the perennially third network will almost certainly oust NBC from its accustomed No. 2 spot...
...more top posts than any other official in China-First Vice Premier of the government, Vice Chairman of the Communist Party and Chief of Staff of the Army. It is possible that Teng and the rehabilitated bureaucrats now under attack have the strength to withstand any radical effort to oust them from their positions. A majority of China's powerful regional military commanders are believed to have good relations with Teng. Sinologists were betting that the army would back him and the moderates if it came to a showdown. Moreover, previous leftist campaigns during the past three years-none...