Word: closeness
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...latest crisis, provoked by the firing of popular prime minister Yevgeny Primakov, ends the president's eight-month cease-fire with the Communist-controlled parliament and sets the stage for a fierce political battle as his second -- and supposedly final -- term in office draws to a close. The legislature's term expires in December, emboldening it to face down a president whose autocratic constitutional power includes the right to summarily dissolve parliament and call new elections. "For the Communists, it's convenient to have a confrontation with Yeltsin in which he dissolves the Duma," says Zarakhovich. "It will make them...
...close margin kept the candidates' spirited supporters on edge at victory parties last night...
...into the first friend I made at Harvard, a girl named Olivia (not her real name) who I hadn't seen in two years. We had met the summer before first year, in a small program for select incoming first-years. Surrounded by jocks and bratty kids, we became close friends faster than you could say, "Preserve the Union...
...realize that Silverstein, who passed away last Monday, spent many years writing and illustrating for adults. In the 1950s, he served overseas in the military, drawing cartoons for Stars and Stripes. After returning to the United States, he began drawing cartoons for Playboy. In fact, he once told a close friend he never intended to become a children's author. Even after Silverstein published his first children's work in 1963, he continued to write poems and song lyrics for adults...
...first major vote on gun control following the Littleton horror, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday refused to close a loophole that allows private sales at gun shows to proceed without subjecting purchasers to mandatory background checks. The largely partisan 51-to-47 vote was not unexpected and served as a potent reminder of the lobbying strength of the National Rifle Association. More gun control votes are scheduled in the Senate into Thursday, and ?the expectation is that those will also break largely along traditional party lines,? says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson...