Word: unseats
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...Snow ’09 continually marveled—to predictions of the upcoming results. “There was this image of Sundquist as a UC god,” Roy T. Willey IV ’09 said as he mused over the possibility that he might unseat the UC insider. “We definitely took some of the varnish off him as this perfect candidate.” As more and more supporters filtered in, one of them brought the news that Sundquist had won the election. And a good five minutes before the official call...
Musharraf cannot afford less than a landslide for his party; otherwise he risks facing an opposition in parliament that could invalidate his extra-constitutional declaration of emergency rule. At the very least a two-thirds majority could unseat him. A two-thirds majority in parliament could also call for the reinstatement of the original Supreme Court, which Sharif says is his party's primary goal. That reconstituted high court could then rule that Musharraf contravened the constitution by dismissing the judges in the first place and declaring emergency. And, what is most worrisome for Musharraf, working outside the constitution...
Musharraf, whose popularity has been in free fall since he tried, and failed, to unseat a popular Supreme Court Justice last spring, has nothing to lose in this scenario. He has sworn to step down as Army Chief once elected President but he reserves the right to stay in uniform should he not be elected, an old threat of martial law exhumed by Friday's ruling. Musharraf has already reshuffled the top ranking generals to better ensure a loyal army corps ready to do his bidding even as a civilian President...
...American hard-ass becomes her boss; both have to deal with All-American antics of All-American weirdo celebrity.” In just 21 episodes, Fey and Co. have created a fictional New York so rich with supporting characters and delightfully off-kilter logic that it could unseat the Simpsons’ Springfield as TV’s most fascinating city.PUBLIC SCORN INDEX: 97%“Friday Night Lights” (NBC)Fridays, 9 p.m.Season Two Premiere: Oct. 5Don’t worry. You don’t have to see the movie of the same name?...
...needs to be reelected. "I think this is a sign of desperation" says Ayesha Tammy Haq, a prominent political talk show host. "Why else would you go and arrest a group of declawed politicians?" Or, she pauses, "it could also mean abject stupidity." Like Musharraf's attempts to unseat Chief Justice Chaudhry in order to smooth his way to continued power, "This is another incredibly stupid move that will backfire on the government. You are not winning friends by doing something like this. The masterminds are obviously mindless masters...