Word: ousts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...insurgents want to rid M-G-M of the influence of aging (74) Nick Schenck, now honorary chairman. They have two hurdles ahead. Not only must they actually line up enough proxies to oust Schenck and Schary, but they must find a competent man to replace Vogel. They have already offered the presidency to Leonard Goldenson, president of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Abe Schneider, vice president of Columbia Pictures, and Lew Wasserman, president of Music Corp. of America. All three turned it down. Said the Lehman-Lazard spokesman: "At February's annual meeting, the two investment companies will...
Oregon: Ike leads, but must make a strong show ing if Republican Douglas McKay is to oust Democratic Incumbent Wayne Morse from Senate...
...political life by achieving a settlement with Russia, he seemed to be sadly mistaken. By last week nearly half of the Liberal Democratic members of Parliament had joined an organization called the Jikyokn Kondankai ("Council for Deliberating the Current Political Situation"). The Kondankai's basic purpose: to oust Hatoyama from the premiership...
That was too much for Governor Smith. In the middle of the night he gave Attorney General Thornton sweeping powers to oust Langley immediately from control of the grand jury; the attorney general took it over next morning. At week's end, as the Oregonian and the Journal strained to follow the crooked trail uncovered by Reporters Turner and Lambert, they could agree at least that something was rotten in Portland...
Capitalizing on these grievances, the Communists promise to oust the NATO forces. Two other parties, the Farmers and the Defense, feel that they must offer similar promises if they are to maintain their followers' support. The strongly pro-Western Independence Party consequently stands a chance of losing its parliamentary dominance in June if a leftist coalition succeeds, gaining support on its promises, in winning a majority of seats in the national election...