Word: chorused
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...continuity of reforms without Yeltsin. Attempts to establish a system of checks and balances are not faring well. The legislature is paralyzed by unending battles with the executive branch. The new constitutional court must work without a proper constitution. The government has to listen to such a deafening chorus of calls for its resignation that ministers cannot concentrate on the business of reform. It falls to the President to keep the operation of state on track. Says Burbulis: "The majority of Russians have confidence not in institutions like the parliament and government but in the person of the President. During...
Baez also played plenty of old favorites with newfound verve, including her chart-topping hit "Diamonds and Rust" and her joyous ode to life, "Gracias a la Vida." She had the audience clapping and joining in the chorus of "The Night Old Dixie Came To Town...
Stern spends nearly five hours on the air each day, gabbing with Quivers, his giggling Greek chorus (who is black and female), and an array of in-studio regulars. Celebrities occasionally join him, in person or on the phone, among them regulars like Jessica Hahn. But the show is virtually all Stern and is always pushing the edge. Stern's conversation is every pubescent male's sex fantasy given voice; a one-man obscene gesture to the politically correct and socially discreet; the national id run wild. It is all an act, but a very savvy one: Stern's over...
...coming by land or sea, but by air! That cry of alarm can be heard in Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta these days, as leaders of the top U.S. airlines wail about a threat to their hard-won global dominance. While on the campaign trail, Bill Clinton joined the chorus of alarm. In the final presidential debate, Ross Perot sounded the most impassioned warning of all. "We're getting ready to dismantle an airlines industry in our country, and none of you know it," he declared. "This deal is terribly destructive to the U.S. airline industry...
...rank as one of the three biggest airlines in the world, linking 339 destinations in 71 countries. Most alarming to U.S. carriers, the arrangement would give British Airways, one of the world's strongest carriers, unlimited access to American markets. President- elect Bill Clinton and Ross Perot joined the chorus of alarm during the campaign. Said American Airlines chairman Robert Crandall: "What will happen is, the good jobs will go to London and the baggage handlers will stay here." (See related story on page...