Word: unseat
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Present CCA power resides in the Mayor, Edward A. Crane '35; and in Councilors Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, Cornelia B. Wheeler, and Pearl K. Wise, all Council veterans. In its attempt to secure two new seats, the CCA may very well unseat one or more of its own veterans, only to replace him with a novice...
...basic problem facing the CCA is thus a surplus of good candidates. It is possible that Belin might unseat Mrs. Wheeler, since the strength of both will probably reside in approximately the same neighborhood. Another potential threat to the CCA is Bernard Goldberg, who ran and lost as a CCA endorsed candidate in the last election. Deliberately campaigning as a non-CCA candidate, Goldberg still retains fairly strong support in some CCA areas...
Chapman noted current examples of the conservatives' relish for attacking progressive Republican candidates rather than Democratic incumbents: the National Review's opposition to Rep. John Lindsey (R.N.Y.); the YAF's drive to unseat Stanley Isaacs, the only Republican on the 27-member New York City Council; and the John Birch Society's efforts to defeat California's Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel in his bid for re-election...
...California political equations. As mayor of Los Angeles, Sam Yorty's influence would have to be reckoned with. But how would he use that in fluence? Would he support Richard Nixon if Nixon were to run for Governor next year against Pat Brown? Or might he try to unseat Brown himself? Nobody knew, least of all Yorty. But one thing is certain: in one way or another. Mayor Sam Yorty will be in the thick of California's political fighting for quite a while...
...last year, to pull away from its friendship with Trujillo. The severing of economic relations and the imposing of mild economic sanctions may not seems like much; they were enough to turn Trujillo toward his bitter enemy Fidel Castro. The fact remains, however, that Washington did nothing to unseat Trujillo. Moreover, the Dominicans have not forgotten that United States Marines occupied the country from 1916 to 1924, ruling with what has been termed "cruelty and despotism." Trujillo himself learned not a little from the American invaders, it seems...