Not any more. Austerity has ousted luxury and quality in marketing campaigns.
Just a week ago it would have been unthinkable to suggest that Muammar Qaddafi could be ousted from power.
It depends on whether Thaksin's opponents, who have ousted him, and who have now put down the Thaksin challenge, are willing to adopt some of his agenda.
If he were ousted by Hannelore Kraft, the SPD's leader, that would be an ominous sign for Mrs Merkel-a chancellor's undoing often begins with defeats in the states.
For three decades after African countries threw off their colonial shackles, not a single one (bar the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius) peacefully ousted a government or President at the ballot box.
Late president Ferdinand Marcos was ousted by the popular uprising in 1986.
The country may have ousted its monarchy, but it treats its elite as a caste with special privileges.
TWICE in one week bosses at giant German corporations have been ousted by their shareholders, with help from workers' representatives on the supervisory board.
The pension payout to Goodwin hinged on the basis that he was allowed to retire early rather than being ousted, which may have reduced the size of the payment.
He was ousted in a coup two years ago.
The giveaway was his praise for the ousted journalist's "steadfast loyalty".
The interim government has blamed ex-president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who was ousted in a popular uprising in April and now lives in exile.
The main threat to this group is said to be Ramiro Valdes, a hardline former interior minister ousted by raul, who now heads a financial enterprise that belongs to the ministry.
Fox was ousted from office but he had nothing to say for himself.
On May 29th Steel Partners, an American investor, successfully ousted the boss and six directors of Aderans, a wigmaker-a big victory for shareholders.
He may be ousted by a military takeover.
When the CBS-ousted star signed up on March 1, he racked up almost one million followers in 24 hours.
He was then ousted from Apple after a boardroom coup in 1985.
The Hashemite Prince Faisal, a protege of TE Lawrence who had been ousted by the French in Syria, was acclaimed Ring of Iraq in a referendum. The "yes" vote was 96%.
Six years after Saddam Hussein was ousted by the United States, Iraqis are still present in large Numbers in Jordan and Syria, which have struggled with the influx.
The umpire ousted the arguing player from the game.
But on the rare occasions that a few brave souls have tried, they have been ousted from their posts.
The last time Labour lost these councils was in 1977, two years before it was ousted from power nationally.