Word: unseating
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...Trump originally called Television City, the network decided to stay in Rockefeller Center. Mayor Ed Koch rejected Trump's demands for a 20-year tax abatement, mocking the builder as "piggy, piggy, piggy." Trump in turn called Koch "incompetent" and "a moron," and threatens to help anyone who can unseat him in next fall's election. Citizens' groups on the West Side mounted major opposition, charging that the project would cast a deep shadow over a large area...
According to political observers it's almost impossible to defeat a Kennedy in an election. But Joseph Malone '78 and Glenn Fiscus are shunning conventional wisdom in their attempts to do what many consider impossible--unseat an incumbent Kennedy in Massachusetts...
Marguerite Gerstell, a lesbian political activist from Winthrop, Mass., has reportedly given up her attempt to unseat incumbent State Senator Michael LoPresti '70 after he received the endorsement of the Greater Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance. But Boston City Councillor Robert Travaglini remains a strong contender in the race...
...case comes more than one year after a highly-publicized and unsuccessful proxy fight mounted against Gillette by the Coniston Group, a New York-based firm. In last year's proxy contest, Gillette won by a 52 to 48 percent margin over Coniston, which had mounted a campaign to unseat four Gillettee board members in order to sell off the razor company to the highest bidder...
...conservati ve Democrats dubbed the "Gang of Five" have voted with Republicans to pass bills over Brown's protest, providing capital punishment for child murderers, AIDS tests for prostitutes and wiretaps for suspected drug dealers. The gang considers Brown too autocratic and too liberal, but has been unable to unseat him because he maintains support from key Republicans...