Word: unseating
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First the mother tried turpentine in an effort to unseat the unhappy girl, but she became convinced the paint was 100% as advertised...
Timesmen called the Democratic turn accurately in Indiana. In Wisconsin they correctly picked Democrat William Proxmire for re-election to the U.S. Senate, but muffed the Governor race. In Arizona, after predicting that Democrat Ernest McFarland would unseat Republican Barry Goldwater, the Times took a second look, cautiously rated the race (which Goldwater won handily) a "toss-up." It missed Hugh Scott's Republican victory in Pennsylvania's Senate race, and Republican Senator John Bricker's defeat in Ohio. Getting right down to the congressional level, the Times stubbed its forecasting toe in some cases...
...membership will vote formally on whether or not to support Saltonstall, after they have heard the candidate expound his views on the major current political issues. Saltonstall is carrying the Democratic standard in an effort to unseat Representative Lawrence Curtis, the Republican incumbent in the 10th District, which includes Brookline and adjacent areas...
...corridors and lounges on Manhattan's East River reflected a gathering tension. The Iraqi delegate, whom the Soviet Union tried unsuccessfully to unseat, remained at his post, lonely and forlorn, ignored by most of his fellow Arabs. Ironically, the nation that had butchered Budapest and flagrantly violated the will of the U.N. now posed as the champion of small and weak nations invaded by foreign troops...
...dropped from No. 1 in 1949 to eighth among U.S. brewers, last month reported a loss for 1957 of $2,871,200. The stock has dropped from 32 to 4. Fearing for their 25% share of the stock, the Pabst brothers enlisted the aid of the Spaeths to unseat Perlstein as president at the annual meeting...