By ELISABETH BUMILLER and THOM SHANKER
The replacement of Gen. David D. McKiernan less than a year after he took over marks a major change in leadership in a worsening war environment.
Russia batters Ukraine.
As Ukraine’s second-largest city reeled under a barrage of Russian rockets that officials said had killed dozens of people, the two nations held their first talks since the Russian invasion began, and the West’s economic squeeze on Russia continued to tighten.
Dilma Rousseff still has the strong backing of a relatively small base of partisans. But even those backers expect that she will be removed from office.
Electric cars have been around since the 19th century. They were popular,
until gasoline vehicles unseated them…. Somehow, electric cars never
quite recovered.
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Hearing on Detroit Mayor Begins
By SUSAN SAULNY
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm of Michigan opened a hearing Wednesday morning that could lead to the ouster of Kwame M. Kilpatrick as mayor of Detroit.
Microsoft ready to oust Yahoo board in takeover battle - reportForbes - NY,USA
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Microsoft is threatening to launch a boardroom coup at Yahoo Inc within six weeks, if the internet search engine fails to ...
Icahn Moves to Oust Yahoo Board
Billionaire Hopes to Revive a Deal with Microsoft
By LAUREN POLLOCK
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched a proxy contest to unseat Yahoo Inc.'s entire board, writing in a letter to Chairman Roy Bostock that Yahoo directors have "acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders" and Microsoft Corp. 紅色表示作者自己的意見
Microsoft is turning to Jerry Seinfeld to star in a new $300 million advertising campaign, one of the largest in the software giant's history. The attempted image overhaul comes as Microsoft executives privately acknowledge that Windows has grown stale and has been battered by Apple's "Mac vs. PC" ads.
Russia Set To Leave A Battered Georgia
Russia, under intense diplomatic pressure, announced it will begin pulling troops out of neighboring Georgia -- but it leaves behind a battered Western ally.
Thursday's ouster of Zoe Cruz, who oversaw all the firm's trading and risk operations, raised questions about whether Morgan Stanley is gearing up for more subprime-related pain. It also represented an abrupt about-face for Morgan Stanley chief executive John Mack, who had supported and cultivated Ms. Cruz's career.
Two executives were named to succeed Ms. Cruz as co-presidents: Walid A. Chammah, the head of European and Middle Eastern operations, and James P. Gorman, the retail chief. While Ms. Cruz had been widely seen -- until yesterday -- as the leading candidate to succeed Mr. Mack, both these men were considered possible contenders as well. Financial News offers a profile of Mr. Chammah, who has risen steadily through the ranks at Morgan Stanley.
As for Ms. Cruz, The Financial Times reported that before Morgan Stanley announced its losses, Ms. Cruz was approached about becoming chief executive of Merrill Lynch, a job that went to John Thain, the head of NYSE Euronext.
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Mastectomy, radical
Removal of the breast, pectoral muscles, axillary lymph nodes, and associated skin and subcutaneous tissue.
Mastectomy, simple
Removal of only the breast tissue, nipple and a small portion of the overlying skin.The Fight to Unseat Apple's iPhone Intensifies
Sales of the “fifth quarter” – tails, ears and other parts spurned by British diners – would build on a healthy trade in chicken feet and hearts already sold to China.
英國已經向中國大量出口雞爪和雞心，現在，“第五部位”——英國人餐桌上所摒棄的豬尾巴、豬耳朵和豬的其他部位——的出口將為此錦上添花。
After Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana said he would not run for president, a debate began over whether there would be a candidate able to unseat President Obama.
Morakot is also doing political damage. President Ma faces harsh criticism for his government’s slow response to the disaster, and in particular for its surprising decision to spurn foreign offers of aid in the early stages. Three senior officials have already offered their resignations. The reputation of Mr Ma himself has taken a knock.
Anheuser Spurns
InBev Takeover Bid
Belgian Brewer
Will Try to Unseat
Bud Maker's Board
Will Try to Unseat
Bud Maker's Board
The takeover bid for America's dominant brewer took a hostile turn Thursday, as Anheuser-Busch Cos. rejected InBev NV's $46.35 billion offer and InBev took steps to unseat the brewer's 13-member board.
Anheuser-Busch rejected InBev's $46.35 billion offer, while the Belgian-Brazilian brewer said it planned to ask the St. Louis brewer's shareholders to unseat the board
batter (HIT)
verb [T; I + adverb or preposition]
to hit and behave violently towards a person, especially a woman or child, repeatedly over a long period of time, or to hit something with force many times:
He was battered to death with a rifle-butt.
He was battering (at/on) the door with his fists and howling.
The waves battered against the rocks at the bottom of the cliff.
The burglars had battered down the door of the house (= hit it so hard that it broke and fell down).
See also batter at bat (STICK).
battered
adjective
1 hurt by being repeatedly hit:
She set up a sanctuary for battered wives.
2 damaged, especially by being used a lot:
battered furniture/toys
battering
noun [C or U]
an act of hitting someone:
baby/wife battering
FIGURATIVE Once again, our team had taken a battering (= had been defeated heavily).
battery
noun [U]
assault and battery
verb [T]
to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place or competition:
The president was ousted (from power) in a military coup in January 1987.
Police are trying to oust drug dealers from the city centre.
The champions were defeated by Arsenal and ousted from the League Cup.
ouster
noun [C or U] US
the removal of someone from an important position or job:
The committee's chairperson is facing a possible ouster.
unseat
unseat (POLITICIAN)
verb [T]
to remove someone from power, especially as a result of an election:
The opposition candidate failed by only 39 votes to unseat the cabinet minister.
unseat (RIDER)
verb [T]
If a horse unseats its rider, it throws them from its back.
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