The university's board of trustees had removed the previous president, and dismissed seven members of its small faculty.

In a Cabinet reshuffle on 14 November, Banda dismissed five members of the Cabinet.

Continually locked in disagreement with the commission, Mr. Reagan in 1983 tried to dismiss three liberal members.

This month, President Frei dismissed three members of the National Indigenous Development Board when it appeared that the board would vote against the project.

The board forced out the chief executive, the president and the vice president for worldwide sales, then dismissed eight members of the sales team.

It was also used flippantly when British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismissed seven members of his cabinet in a "night of the long knives".

Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismissed seven members of his Cabinet, one-third of the total.

"They are both married," Miss Belchersand said, dismissing two very powerful members of the ton at a single blow.

So he dismissed a 30-year employee, Anita Gallo, the store's fashion merchandising director, and five members of her staff.

He finally resigned on 3 December 2008 after the refuse of the Panionio's board to accept his request to dismiss three members of Panionio's coaching and management staff.