Word: ouster
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JAKARTA, Indonesia: Prices continue to rise. The rupiah continues to fall. Growing student protests and opposition calls for Indonesian president Suharto's ouster are reminding some Indonesia-watchers of the Philippines' "people's power" movement that brought down Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. But the problem with "people power" in Indonesia is that the people don't have much...
...dispute over the organization's recent executive board elections finally led to a call for Campbell's ouster, according to BGLTSA members...
Since Carey's union learned of his ouster, the race to take his place in the upcoming election has seemed headed for turmoil. Top contenders include George Cashman, who heads a large Boston local, and Ken Hall, a chief negotiator in the UPS strike last summer. Front runner Tom Leedham, who heads the Teamsters' warehouse division, has the backing of the influential Teamsters for a Democratic Union. But Hoffa charged last week that contributors like Gail Zappa--wife of rock singer Frank Zappa--had made contributions to the reform group that were arranged by the Democratic National Committee. That brought...
TAMPA, Fla.: Fresh charges that the recently reinstated president of the National Baptist Convention misappropriated thousands of dollars in donations to black churches will probably not cause his ouster, says TIME Atlanta Bureau Chief Sylvester Monroe. But now there's the possibility that the law will be his downfall. For now, Henry Lyons isn't talking about a Tampa Tribune report alleging he failed to distribute some of the $225,000 received from the Anti-Defamation and National Urban leagues to rebuild black churches destroyed in arson attacks. But six of the seven churches say they were short-changed...
With Lyons just reinstated as president, despite charges of infidelity and misuse of church funds, Monroe reports this latest scandal is likely to spark fresh ouster efforts, seeking help from authorities. "Since Lyons was reinstated, the Convention can't do much to remove him internally," says Monroe. "So the next step will involve criminal charges, which could lead to his downfall...