Word: aligns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much importance as the 28th Congress. It was supposed to mark the long-awaited - turning point, when reformers would finally seize control of party power from entrenched bureaucrats and release the brakes on radical change. Gorbachev would quit straddling the widening gap between the party's fractious wings and align himself once and for all with democratic liberals. There was also speculation that he might step down as General Secretary and devote full attention to his new presidential office, sealing the shift of power away from the party to the state...
...question of trying to align the priorities of the University a little more with the priorities of the country," Bok says. "So many of the things society seems to need the most in terms of ideas and well-prepared people get low priority on campuses...
...both Democrats and Republicans are rushing to align themselves with reform proposals. But the scramble is unlikely to translate into a real overhaul. While both parties are sanctimoniously mouthing the language of reform, their real objective is to undercut their opponent's fund-raising advantages while protecting their own. Since Republicans raise more money from private contributors, they resist spending limits on congressional campaigns. Because Democrats get more cash from political-action committees, they oppose G.O.P. efforts to abolish PACs...
...other side of the Iranian border. Because such a state would violate the integrity of two existing countries, those demands are setting the stage for an unlikely, if not necessarily unholy, alliance between the Communists in Moscow and the Islamic fundamentalists in Tehran. Opposing Azerbaijani nationalism would align Washington with both...