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...Russian Supreme Court, but the scandal underscored just how shaky the legal foundation was for Russia's new electoral system. It also showed how, in the absence of clear signals from the top, loyal servants of the President's, like commission chairman Nikolai Ryabov, could quickly move to assert their own personal authority by an overzealous interpretation of the rules...
Without clear constitutional guidelines about how to handle the power vacuum, there are certain to be palace intrigues ahead, as Kremlin bureaucrats, eager to strengthen the President's failing grip on power, face a challenge from members of Chernomyrdin's team, moving to assert their authority in anticipation of the day when their boss will be in charge. So, after a season of decline, the fine art of Kremlin watching may be poised for a comeback...
...insulting to African-Americans to assert that use of the term "nigger" is responsible for underdevelopment. Anyone who has spent real time in the "inner-cities" Star describes in such mystical terms, will attest to the seriousness with which many if not most of the residents comport themselves and contemplate ways to improve their lot. I know for a fact that there exist in these "inner-cities" scores of people who have never referred to themselves as "niggers" and "bitches" and yet they remain poor. What would Star say to these people...
...remain unequivocally committed to making the dream of peace a reality and assert that Yitzhak Rabin did not die in vain. May we all see this dream realized speedily and in our day. May his memory be blessed. --Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Coordinating Council
Here comes the bracket. But the issue at hand loomed larger than Minister Farrakhan. But Dr. King himself entered into dialogue with the radical Black separatists of his day. But--and here I am reading between the lines--Professor West needed to assert that despite his Harvard chair, he is a common man, a common Black man, just one in a million...