Word: arms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...case. Darlene Johnson, the defendant, pleaded guilty to beating her children brutally. You could have sent her to state prison for four years. Instead, you now stand accused of violating her constitutional rights by requiring her to use Norplant, a form of birth control that is implanted in the arm...
While Yeltsin still enjoys public support, there is no shortage of would-be successors trying to stir up discontent and resistance. Opposition groups range from communist movements nostalgic for Stalinist strong-arm rule to ultra-right nationalist parties preaching Russian imperial supremacy. Increasingly, these two have edged toward forming a common front against Yeltsin in the name of "saving the fatherland." Both have been courting the former Soviet army; despite internal divisions, the 3.7 million-strong military remains the only force capable of toppling the government. Another threat may come from the ranks of democrats who carried Yeltsin to power...
Most of the early reports were based on an exit poll of 1,848 people by Voter Research and Surveys, the polling arm of the four major television networks. The survey overestimated Buchanan's support partly because the questioners did not expect so much of the Republican vote -- 10% -- to go to candidates other than Bush and Buchanan. In addition, Buchanan voters were far more eager than Bush supporters to talk to the survey takers, further skewing the initial estimates...
...charisma quotient was more than satisfied as well. The first time I met HDS Director Michael P. Berry, I almost ended up with a dislocated wrist set in a UHS sling as the over-jazzed Mr. Berry nearly had to hand me back my arm after a more-than-vigorous handshake...
...victory rally Tuesday night, Tsongas seemed awkward. Of course, few would be their most refined after winning an big election, but Tsongas' repeated fist-clenching arm-flexing gesticulations struck some as rehearsed...