Word: unseats
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...closest allies became immensely rich at the expense of the state and the people. Meanwhile, during his 13-year rule, Milosevic clung to power by any means necessary: he rigged elections, crushed popular unrest and persecuted and killed independent journalists, opposition leaders and student activists. To finally unseat Milosevic in October of last year, the people of Yugoslavia had to take to the streets by the millions...
...That intelligence and realism will give Strauss-Kahn a primary role in Socialist efforts to return to power in next year's legislative elections, and in Jospin's concurrent bid to unseat conservative President Jacques Chirac. The key to Socialist victory will lie in proposing policies attentive to traditional social-protection priorities, but also palatable to job- and wealth-producing businesses. That's a balancing act Strauss-Kahn mastered in the past. As economic czar, Strauss-Kahn's reformist pragmatism won the confidence of both financial markets and French voters - making him a favorite to succeed Jospin as Prime Minister...
...Vajpayee next on the casualty list? Will Tehelka.com become the first web site in history to unseat a prime minister and bring down a national government...
...years ago this month, the U.S. has been engaged in protracted low-intensity combat to bring the conflict to final victory. Washington has unloosed a raft of modern weapons--economic sanctions, an arms embargo, weapons inspections, money for opposition groups, no-fly zones and the occasional bombing--to unseat Saddam Hussein. To no avail. The vexing enemy left in position in 1991 by the first President Bush has managed ever since to keep the Iraqi threat alive...
...years ago this month, the U.S. has been engaged in protracted low-intensity combat to bring the conflict to final victory. Washington has unloosed a raft of modern weapons - economic sanctions, an arms embargo, weapons inspections, money for opposition groups, no-fly zones and the occasional bombing - to unseat Saddam Hussein. To no avail. The vexing enemy left in position in 1991 by the first President Bush has managed ever since to keep the Iraqi threat alive...