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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proposed constitution significantly enhances Yeltsin's power. He has the right to name the prime minister, to dissolve parliament, and to appoint the head of the Central Bank, a crucial position in Russia's fledgling market economy. The constitution also makes it difficult to impeach the president, requiring a two-thirds majority of parliament and the consent of the constitutional court, the judicial arm of the Russian government. And by casting doubt on his earlier promise to hold presidential elections in 1994, Yeltsin may have also secured his position until...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: The Russian High Wire Game | 11/17/1993 | See Source »

...council decided that the committee itselfshould appoint its own chair...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Houses Granted $11,000 By UC | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

...interdisciplinary committee, Ethnic Studies will still neither have the authority to create courses nor to appoint professors under its own heading, Buell said...

Author: By Alessandra M. Galloni, | Title: New Ethnic Studies Committee Planned | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

Last Friday, U.N. special envoy Dante Caputo warned the military government specifically not to try to appoint an interim President. Caputo insisted that the U.N. plan "remains fully in force." He added that representatives of Aristide and the military would soon be invited to meet in Haiti to continue discussing plans for the ousted President's return and an amnesty for the 1991 coup leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: With Friends Like These | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

Knowles and Wolff told the council they are taking steps to restructure the Lingusitics Department because of a number of problems in the department which include the inability to appoint a senior professor, according to Wolff...

Author: By Alessandra M. Galloni, | Title: Knowles Explains Linguistics Plans to Council | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

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