Word: ousts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That set off an uproar among blacks, particularly in Muzorewa's party. The bishop, evidently surprised at the depth of the black response, claimed that he had not been present when the council voted to oust Hove. The dismayed Hove flew back to London, and the Patriotic Front's co-leader, Joshua Nkomo, announced from his base in Zambia: "The council members only have powers to sack each other." They will soon realize, he said, "that they have been taken for a ride...
...seat-racing which ended with three changes, including the stroke, from the eight that struggled last Saturday. Jeff Cooley, the J.V. stroke last weekend, has switched seats with former varsity front-man Kevin Cunningham and at three and four, Randy Vagelos and Jeff Brown have moved up to oust, at least momentarily, Pasha Lakdhir and Karl Forsguard...
...deliveries were invariably far behind schedule. As Sadat acidly observes: "It was as though one was communicating with imaginary people. " In the following passage, Sadat explains his surprising decision, in July 1972, to oust all Soviet advisers from Egypt...
...Cairo newspaper in 1963 wrote that "The Mufti appealed to the Arabs of Palestine to leave the country...because the Arab armies were about to enter in their stead against the Jewish gangs and oust them from Palestine...
...White House has become involved in a maneuver to oust yet another top-level holdover Republican appointee. He is Oakley Hunter, chosen by Richard Nixon as chairman of the Federal National Mortgage Association, known as Fannie Mae, the nation's largest provider of housing finance. As boss of Fannie Mae, Hunter has been feuding with Patricia Harris, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Largely to appease her, the White House acted last week on a HUD memo urging that an emissary be chosen to end the quarrel, perhaps by bringing about Hunter's "voluntary resignation." The memo named...